Food colour in sweets and colour in medicine are obtained how?
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Answer:
By using various colours of plants..........
Answer:
Artificial food colors are obtained from chemicals gotten from petroleum while natural food colors are obtained from plants, animals or mineral that is capable of coloring food
Explanation:
Artificial colors are made in the lab with chemicals gotten from petroleum, a crude oil product which also happen to be used in gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt and tar.
Artificial colors have side effects such as irritability, allergies, learning and sleeping problems, depression, memory loss, and aggressiveness. Unfortunately, color additives are also added to cosmetics, drugs, and foods & drinks. Most cake decorations use artificial food dyes.
Natural food colors are available in different forms as powders, pastes and liquids. Certain naturally occurring food colors are associated with particular phyto-nutrients. This bio-chemicals fight diseases in plants and continue to do so when ingested by human beings.
Plants:
Plant based colors come from various parts of the plant. The leaves, roots, flowers, fruit all provide coloring agents. Examples are: - Turmeric, Chlorophyll, anthocyanin, carotenoids and so on.
Animals:
An extremely well known animal based color is cochineal or carmine. Derived from the body fluid of an insect, it has been widely used over the years.
Mineral:
Mineral colors in food include Titanium dioxide which imparts an opaque appearance to the food.