AMARANTH - SPECIFICATION

Name - AMARANTH

Classification AZORUBINE/C.I FOOD RED #3/E-122/C.I .No.14720/IS2923

Effective Date - 01/17/2000

No.	Characteristic	Requirement
	DESCRIPTION	REDDISH BROWN 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.	03.00
5)	Dye intermediates, percent by mass, max. O- Sulfo - Benzaldehyde N'-N'- Ethyl benzyl aniline 3- sulfonic acid Leuco base	00.50
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