Annatto Extract

Widest commercial use is as a natural food coloring made from the seed's coating. Many orange or yellow manufactured foods are colored with Annatto.

Annatto paste is also used as a natural dye for cloth and wool and is sometimes employed in the paint, varnish, lacquer, cosmetic, and soap industries.

Also known to be used as an antioxidant, hepatoprotective (liver protector), hyperglycemic;

Used as expectorant, hypocholesterolemic (lowers cholesterol), hypotensive (lowers blood pressure), insect repellant, wound healer in tribal medicines.

Yellow to orange yellow liquid or paste with a slight characteristic aroma.

Yellow to orange yellow liquid or paste with a slight characteristic aroma.

Fades in strong or direct light; Stable in Alkaline medium. Degrades in acids; Degrades by oxidation; Resistant to microbial attack.

Description

Yellow to orange yellow liquid or paste with a slight characteristic aroma.

Identification

By UV

Moisture Content :

NMT 2%

Bulk Density :

0.4 – 0.7gm/ml

Specific Gravity :

0.90 – 0.93

Heavy Metals :

NMT 20 PPM

Lead :

NMT 3.0 PPM

Cadmium :

NMT 1.0 PPM

Arsenic :

NMT 1.0 PPM

Mercury :

NMT 0.1 PPM

Microbiological Analysis :

Total viable count NMT 3000 cfu/g 
Total fungal count NMT 100 cfu/g

Enterobacteriaceae :

Absent

E. coli :

Absent

Staph. aureus :

Absent

Salmonella sp :

Absent

Pseudomonas sp:

Absent

Method of Analysis

UV Spectrophotometric