Titanium Dioxide – TiO2

The growing trend for natural and organic food color is resulting in shift from titanium dioxide, a synthetic ingredient, towards titanium-free food color alternatives and extracting food colors from alternative natural sources. Natural food color sources include astaxanthin, beta carotene, annatto,…
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France will ban Titanium dioxide as an additive in food in France from January 1, 2020, the Ministries of Ecology and Economy have said. The government has decided to ban "as a precaution" foodstuffs containing titanium dioxide (TiO2, an additive known as E171) as from 1 January 2020, the two…
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For decades, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been used as a white pigment due to its very high opacity and brightness. Therefore, it has a wide range of applications, from being a colouring ingredient of pharmaceutical film coating, to food application colouring. On the basis of current…
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