Food Color

Food colorings give colors to food to produce deliciousness and pleasantness. They have effects of inhibiting changes in food color tones and compensating for the loss or fading of color which happens during the manufacturing process and/or during storage to keep color tones. Glico Nutrition has a diverse lineup available for different purposes.

Red Colorings

Monascus Color
Monascus color is a red pigment produced by Monascus. Monascus has been used by humans since ancient times, like Koji mold used to make sake, miso, and soy sauce in Japan.
Our MONAS COLOR series is a liquid or powder product made by producing Monascus integratedly, extracting produced pigments with alcohol, concentrating and purifying them, and then adjusting chromaticity.

Product Features
MONAS COLOR 1000P
(powder)
Color: bright red
Highly concentrated in powder form.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.


Beet Red
Beet Red is a pigment extracted from beet root. It can be labeled as "vegetable color." It has a bright pink color in the acidic to neutral range.

Product Features
BEET COLOR 750P
(powder)
Color: vivid pink
Stable in acidic to neutral.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.


Cochineal Extract
Cochineal color is an anthraquinone red pigment extracted from cochineal insects found on cacti, and its main ingredient is carminic acid. In South America, it has been used for clothing and decoration since the time of the Inca Empire, and is also used to color Campari (liquor).

Product Features
COCHINEAL COLOR RC
(powder)
Color: bright pink
Excellent light and heat resistant.
COCHINEAL COLOR CW
(powder)
Color: peach red
Suitable for coloring kamaboko (fish paste).

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.


Lac Color
Lac color is an anthraquinone red pigment mainly composed of laccainic acid. It is extracted from a resinous substance secreted by female lac insects.

Product Features
LAC COLOR RL
(powder)
Color: reddish purple
Excellent light and heat resistant.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.


Red-Coloring Formulation

Product Features
CREATION COLOR ALM
(powder)
Color: orange-red
Harder to discolor than monascus color.
Suitable for coloring crab-flavor kamaboko (fish paste).

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.


Paprika Oleoresin
Paprika color is an orange-red carotenoid pigment extracted from solanaceous paprika fruits with oil or organic solvent. Its main component is capsanthin. It is one of the most popular vegetable-derived colorings and is used in many products.

Product Features
PAPRIKA COLOR 1400P
(powder)
Color: reddish orange
Water-dispersible.
Concentration: 20,000 CV

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.

Yellow Colorings

Gardenia Yellow
Gardenia yellow color is a water-soluble (rare among natural pigments) carotenoid pigment extracted from rubiaceous gardenia fruits. The color is bright yellow and will be brighter in the alkaline range, but changes little according to the change in pH level.

Product Features
KUCHINA COLOR 400PS
(powder)
Color: bright yellow
Highly purified.
Almost unaffected in color by enzymes.
KUCHINA COLOR 400P
(powder)
Color: bright lemon yellow in the alkaline range
Suitable for coloring Chinese noodles.
KUCHINA COLOR 500GS
(granular)
Color: bright yellow
Highly purified.
Almost unaffected in color by enzymes.
Water-soluble.
KUCHINA COLOR 750GS
(granular)
Color: bright yellow
1.6 times more concentrated than KUCHINA COLOR 500GS.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.


Carthamus Yellow
Carthamus color is a yellow pigment extracted from asteraceous safflower flowers. Its main component is safflower yellow, a chalcone. It exhibits excellent acid and light resistance in the acidic range.

Product Features
BENIBANA YELLOW AP
(powder)
Color: bright yellow
Excellent acid and light resistance in the acid range.
Water-soluble.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.

Blue Colorings

Gardenia Blue
Gardenia blue color is a blue colorant obtained by adding β-glucosidase to a mixture of iridoid glycosides contained in gardenia fruit extract, and protein degradation products.

Product Features
KUCHINA BLUE COLOR 1250P
(powder)
Color: bright blue
Excellent heat and light resistance.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.

Green Colorings

Gardenia Green
We have a lineup of two types of colorants, bright green and dark green, made by varying the blending ratio of gardenia yellow and gardenia blue. They provide various images.

Product Features
KUCHINA GREEN COLOR P1
(powder)
Color: green
Pigment formulation of a mixture of Gardenia yellow and Gardenia blue.
KUCHINA GREEN COLOR P2
(powder)
Color: green
Deeper green than KUCHINA GREEN COLOR P1.
KUCHINA GREEN COLOR PG1
(granular)
Color: green
Granulated formulation of KUCHINA GREEN COLOR P1.
Water-soluble.
KUCHINA GREEN COLOR PG2
(granular)
Color: green
Granulated formulation of KUCHINA GREEN COLOR P2.
Water-soluble.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.

Brown Colorings

Cacao Color
Cacao color is a brown flavonoid pigment contained in sterculiaceous cacao beans and husks.

Product Features
CHOCO COLOR 610P
(powder)
Color: reddish chocolate brown
Excellent light and heat resistance.
Water-soluble.
Suitable for protein-based foods.
ST CHOCO COLOR AS
(powder)
Color: reddish chocolate brown
Excellent acid and salt resistance.
Water-soluble.
Excellent for dyeing protein.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.

Black Colorings

Vegetable Carbon
This is bamboo charcoal made from carbonized Japanese bamboo.
It is attracting attention in the black-colored food market due to its healthy image.
A small quantity of bamboo charcoal can be mixed with other colorants to produce a darker, deeper color tone.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.

Product Features
TAKESUMI POWDER 5P
(powder)
Color: black
Ultra-fine powder resulting in a silky texture.
Average particle diameter of 5 μm.
Low impurity content.
Water-dispersible.


Sepia/Squid Ink (Food Material)
Sepia/squid ink is manufactured by purifying and heat-drying ink sac of Sepia lycida or other squids.

* The color tone may differ from the actual one.

Product Features
IKASUMI POWDER
(powder)
Color: black
Less squid ink-specified odor.
Water-dispersible.

for enquiries, contact Global Sales Department, Technical Sales Division, Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd.
4-6-5, Utajima, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-8502 Japan
FAX: +81 6-6477-8673
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