What is Gardenia Yellow Pigment?
Gardenia Yellow Pigment is a natural yellow pigment extracted from the fruit of the Rubiaceae plant Gardenia, which has a long history of application in China. Because of its bright color, non-toxic and excellent dyeing, it has always been the best dyeing product in the food industry. It is used for food dyeing in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, and Luxembourg, especially in Japan.
China has listed gardenia yellow as a licensed food additive since 1989 and is widely used in daily chemicals, food and beverages, and other fields. In 1998, the Chinese Ministry of Health announced the first batch of "medicine and food homologous" varieties that are both food and medicine, and gardenia is among them.


Item | Specification | Test result |
Appearance | Yellow Fine Powder | Conforms |
Odor | Characteristic | Conforms |
Extract Solvent | Ethanol & Water | Conforms |
Solubility | 100% soluble in water | Conforms |
Loss on Drying | ≤5.0% | 1.02% |
Ash | ≤5.0% | 1.3% |
Particle size | 100% pass 80 mesh | Conforms |
Color Value | E60 | Conforms |
Heavy metals | NMT 10ppm | Conforms |
Arsenic | NMT 2ppm | Conforms |
Cadmium | NMT 2ppm | Conforms |
Mercury | NMT 2ppm | Conforms |
Residual Solvents | 0.05% Max. | Negative |
Total Plate Count | 1,000cfu/g Max | Conforms |
Yeast & Mold | 100cfu/g Max | Conforms |
E.Coli | Negative | Negative |
What are the main ingredients of Gardenia Yellow Pigment?
Gardenia Yellow is a natural yellow pigment extracted from the fruit of the Rubiaceae plant Gardenia. It is a mixture that mainly contains α-crocin, crocin, iridoid glycosides, flavonoids, and chlorogenic acid. Crocin and crocin are the main components of gardenia yellow pigment and are also active ingredients that give it a yellow color. And other ingredients such as gardeniside have the functions of purging fire and eliminating vexation, clearing heat and removing dampness, cooling blood, and dissipating blood stasis. Often used as a medicinal ingredient.
Applications of Gardenia Yellow Pigment:
Food field
Compared with other color pigments, yellow pigment acts as a food coloring agent. It has the unique advantages of being relatively soft, natural, and attractive. It can induce all kinds of consumers to have the desire to buy. Gardenia Yellow is bright in color and has a variety of uses. But it has been mainly used for the dyeing of noodle products. In recent years, with the continuous research and development of the application field of gardenia yellow pigment. Gardenia yellow pigment is becoming more and more popular in protein, starch, etc. As a colorant, it can be widely used in various foods such as cakes, candies, flour, beverages, jelly, biscuits, ice cream, etc.
Medicine field
Traditional Chinese medicine gardenia has a long history of application in my country, mainly used for clearing heat, reducing fire, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, etc. With the deepening of gardenia yellow pigment research, a large number of modern studies have shown that. Gardenia yellow pigment and its main component crocin have good pharmacological activity. Such as lowering blood lipids, protecting the liver, scavenging free radicals, and anti-oxidation. As a medicine, it can be applied to the modern pharmaceutical industry.
Industrial field
In the industrial field, gardenia yellow pigment is mainly used in the dyeing of silk and fabrics.
Cosmetics
Cosmetics account for an increasing proportion of people's lives and even become a necessity in daily life. With more and more reports of physical damage caused by the abuse of various chemicals in cosmetics, green and safe cosmetic raw materials have attracted more and more attention. Gardenia Yellow is naturally non-toxic and bright in color. It is an ideal natural colorant and can be well used in the cosmetic industry.
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