Is Carmiosine vegan?!
Is Carmiosine vegan?
Or is there a vegan version of it?
Answers:
Carmoisine is a synthetic red dye. It does not come from animal products. It is also prohibited in the US.
Source(s):
http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/it...
What's carmiosine?
It's a red dye. I think it is the artificial version of carmine (made from insects) but I'm not sure.
I believe that it is vegan.
For those who want to google it,
it's actually spelled "carmosine." And it is also known as Azorubine.
What is it
carmine is a red food dye made from crushed red bugs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/carmine...
A lot of food colourings are synthetic coal tar dyes, the only one I know for sure that isn't is cochineal, which is red colouring from a species of squashed (and pregnant) beetles.
You got the i in the wrong place, it's spelt -
Carmoisine.
Yes it's vegan, but some people can react badly to it.
The following dyes have been linked to allergic reactions, skin rashes, hyperactivity and asthma so it may be a good idea to avoid them. Some dyes have been found to cause cancer in laboratory animals:
102 Tartrazine
110 Sunset Yellow
122 Carmoisine or Azorubine
123 Amaranth
124 Ponceau 4R
127 Erythrosine
129 Allura Red
133 Brilliant Blue
142 Green S
150 Caramel
151 Brilliant Black
155 Brown HT
173 Aluminium