ALLURA RED AC - SPECIFICATION
 
Name - ALLURA RED AC
Classification - E-129 / C. I. FOOD RED 17 / F D & C RED # 40 / C.I. NO.16035
Effective Date - 01/17/2000
 
No. Characteristic Requirement
  DESCRIPTION

DARK RED POWDER
1) Total colour/Assay, percent by Mass, min. 85.00
2) Water-insoluble matter, percent by mass, Max. 00.20
3) Combined ether extracts, percent by mass, Max. 00.20
4)

Subsidiary dyes, percent by mass, Max.

  • Lower sulfonated
  • Higher sulfonated
  • Di Sodium salt, 6 - hydroxy ,5- [(2-methoxy -5- methyl -4- sulfophenyl )-azo] -8- (2- methoxy-5- methyl -4-sulfophnoxy)-2- naphthalene sulfonic acid
03.00
5)

Dye intermediates, percent by mass, max.

  • 6 - hydroxy- 2- naphthalene sulfonic acid sodium salt.
  • 4- Amino -5- methoxy -2- methylbenzene sulfonic acid .
  • 6,6-0xybis (2-Naphthalene Sulfonic Acid) di sodium salt, Max

 

00.30
00.20
01.00
6) Unsulfonated primary aromatic amine (calculated as aniline) percent by mass, max. 00.01
7) Lead, mg/kg, Max. 10.00
8) Arsenic, mg/kg, Max. 03.00
9) Heavy metals, (as pb) mg/kg, max 40.00
10) Mercury, mg/kg ,Max. 01.00
11) Cadmium, mg/kg, Max 01.00