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Products - Colours > Artificial Colours - Tartrazine
Tartrazine (E102)
COLOUR NAME COLOUR IN FOOD CI NAME E No. FD&C No.
Tartrazine Yellow Food Yellow 4 E 102 Yellow 5

Classification
1971 C.I. 19140
Food Yellow 4
F.D. & C. Yellow 5
E.102

Class
Monoazo

Chemical Name
triSodium 5-hydroxy-1-(4-sulphophenyl)-4-(4-sulphophenylazo)-pyrazole-3-carboxylate

Structural Formula
Tartrazine

Stability

Light 6
Heat  
      100°C 5
      100°C 5
Alkali 4
Fruit Acids (citric / tartaric) 5
Preservatives  
      Benzoic acid 5
      Sulphur dioxide 5

Water Solubility
140 grams per litre at 20°C

Usage
A universally used lemon yellow with excellent all round stability, suitable for all foodstuffs.


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