Nature
has pigmented a wide range of Colours in eatables.
Thus Man has developed an instinct to get attracted
to food & drinks which has pleasant colours.
Colour additives have long been used as a means
of enhancing the aesthetic value of foods, beverages,
cosmetics and for identifying drugs and other
products.In the middle of the nineteenth century,
synthetic organic dyes were developed creating
a more economical & extensive array of colorants. |