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Amaranth is a dark red to purple azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics. The name was taken from amaranth grain, a plant distinguished by its red color and edible protein-rich seeds. Amaranth is an anionic dye. The chemical formula of it is C20H11N2Na3O10S3. Amaranth is also known as Acid Red 27, Azorubin S, FD & C Red Dye No. 2. Since 1976, it has been banned in the United States by FDA as it is a suspected carcinogen. It usually comes as a trisodium salt. It decomposes at 120 °C without melting. Its water solution has absorption maximum at about 520 nm. Initially, the amaranth dye was made from coal tar, but nowadays most synthetic dyes are more likely to be made from petroleum byproducts. As mentioned elsewhere, an azo dye is a chemical compound where two hydrocarbon groups (A hydrocarbon is an organic compound made entirely from hydrogen and carbon atoms. There are many different kinds of hydrocarbons) are joined by two nitrogen atoms. As a food additive, Amaranth has E number E123.
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Application :
- Amaranth is an azo dye which is mainly used in the the beverage and food industries. It is also considered as an endocrine disruptor.
- Amaranth has been used as a dye for the microscopic visualization of crop contraction in blowflies.
- It has been used in the electrophoresis gel to track the migration front of the electrode buffer.
- Amaranth can be applied to natural and synthetic fibers, leather, paper, and phenol-formaldehyde resins.
Benefits :
- Used as a food dye
- Soluble in water
- Affordable and stable dye
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