It can be used in mint sauce, desserts, gravy granules, sweets, ice creams, and tinned peas.
Of particular interest for blending with Tartrazine to give green shades and with other colours in the production of brown, caramel and black shades.
monoSodium 4- [4-dimethylammoniocyclohexa-2,5-dienylidene-(4-dimethylaminophenyl) methyl ]-3-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulphonate
Water Solubility
80 grams per litre at 20°C
Classification
1971 C.I. 44090
Food Green 4
E.142
Class
Triarylmethane
| Light | 3 |
| Heat | |
| 100°C | 5 |
| 200°C | 5 |
| Alkali | 3 |
| Fruit Acids (Citric / Tartaric) | 4 |
| Preservatives | |
| Benzoic Acid | 4 |
| Sulphur Dioxide | 4 |
