Natural Printing Ink for Food and Nutraceuticals

Due to fast growth of clean label movement, the term natural colour was defined by “Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008” which explains the detailed rules on the use of food additives. This regulation was updated in 2010 (Commission Regulation 257/2010) and established a program for re-evaluation of approved natural colours. Natural colorants are preparations obtained from a wide range of sources like vegetables, fruits, plants, minerals and other edible natural sources by physical and/or chemical extraction resulting in a selective extraction of the pigments relative to the nutritive or aromatic constituents. The natural colorants can be divided into dyes (colour that is soluble in a medium) and pigments (finely ground particles of colour which are suspended in a medium). Download the scientific poster here: Natural Printing Ink for Food and Nutraceuticals or get more information here