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CAS NO:915-67-3
EC NO:213-022-2
E123 (Amaranth) is a useful cytoplasmic and nuclear dye for hematological and histological applications.
Appearance :Powder
Physical State :Solid
Solubility :Soluble in water (72 mg/ml at 26° C), glycerol, glycol, alcohols (very slightly ), and cellosolve (very slightly ).
Storage :Store at room temperature
Melting Point :218-220° C
Refractive Index :n20D 1.76 (Predicted)
Uses
Dyeing wool and silk bright bluish-red from an acid bath. Food colorant. As indicator. In color photography.
General Description
Dark red to dark purple powder. Almost no odor. Tastes salty. pH (1% solution in water) approximately 10.8. Used to dye wool and silk bright bluish-red from an acid bath.
Use: E123 (Amaranth) is an synthetic red food dye and is used for the purposes where food is heat-treated after fermentation.
E123 (Amaranth) is a dark red to purple azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics.
E123 (Amaranth) is an anionic dye.
E123 (Amaranth) can be applied to natural and synthetic fibers, leather, paper, and phenol-formaldehyde resins.
Specifications
Appearance (Colour) Reddish brown to dark brown
Appearance (Form) Powder or Crystal
Absorbance (A) of 1% aq. solution in a 1cm cell v/s H2O
@520 - 522nm min.360
Dye content 85 - 95%
E123 (Amaranth) is a dark red to purple azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics.
E123 (Amaranth) is a modified red azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics. The name was taken from E123 (Amaranth) grain, a plant distinguished by its red color and edible protein-rich seeds.
E123 (Amaranth) is an anionic dye.
E123 (Amaranth) can be applied to natural and synthetic fibers, leather, paper, and phenol-formaldehyde resins. As a food additive, it has E number E123.
E123 (Amaranth) usually comes as a trisodium salt.
E123 (Amaranth) has the appearance of reddish-brown, dark red to purple water-soluble powder that decomposes at 120 °C without melting.
E123 (Amaranth)s water solution has an absorption maximum of about 520 nm.
E123 (Amaranth) can be used in the following industries
Food & Feed , Cosmetics & Personal Care , Pharma & Life Science
E123 (Amaranth) is a food color additive that induces differential colon DNA damage in rat and mouse. Dyes and metabolites, Environmental Testing. Dyes and metabolites.
About this substance
Helpful information
E123 (Amaranth) is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 to < 10 tonnes per annum.
E123 (Amaranth) is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
E123 (Amaranth) is used in the following products: perfumes and fragrances, cosmetics and personal care products, air care products, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, finger paints, fertilisers, inks and toners, laboratory chemicals, plant protection products, polishes and waxes and washing & cleaning products.
Other release to the environment of E123 (Amaranth) is likely to occur from: indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners) and outdoor use.
Article service life
ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.
Widespread uses by professional workers
E123 (Amaranth) is used in the following products: air care products, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, finger paints, fertilisers, inks and toners, laboratory chemicals, plant protection products, perfumes and fragrances, polishes and waxes, washing & cleaning products and cosmetics and personal care products.
ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using this substance.
Other release to the environment of E123 (Amaranth) is likely to occur from: outdoor use and indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners).
Formulation or re-packing
E123 (Amaranth) is used in the following products: cosmetics and personal care products, air care products, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, finger paints, fertilisers, inks and toners, laboratory chemicals, plant protection products, perfumes and fragrances, polishes and waxes and washing & cleaning products.
Release to the environment of E123 (Amaranth) can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures and formulation in materials.
Uses at industrial sites
E123 (Amaranth) is used in the following products: laboratory chemicals.
E123 (Amaranth) has an industrial use resulting in manufacture of another substance (use of intermediates).
E123 (Amaranth) is used in the following areas: formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
E123 (Amaranth) is used for the manufacture of: chemicals.
Release to the environment of E123 (Amaranth) can occur from industrial use: as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), in processing aids at industrial sites and as processing aid.
Manufacture
Release to the environment of E123 (Amaranth) can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance.
E123 (Amaranth) is a dark red to purple azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics.
E123 (Amaranth) is an anionic dye.
E123 (Amaranth) can be applied to natural and synthetic fibers, leather, paper, and phenol-formaldehyde resins.
E123 (Amaranth) is an synthetic red food dye and is used for the purposes where food is heat-treated after fermentation.
E123 (Amaranth) Dye, also known as E-123, is an azo dye classified as an endocrine disruptor.
E123 (Amaranth) was observed that the lower the pH the higher the degradation. In addition, an enhancement in the photodegradation rate was observed by the addition of hydrogen peroxide as an electron acceptor. The adsorption trends of E123 (Amaranth) at various initial concentrations followed the Langmuir isotherm trend.
E123 (Amaranth), FD&C Red No. 2, E123, C.I. Food Red 9, Acid Red 27, Azorubin S, or C.I. 16185 is a modified red azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics. The name was taken from E123 (Amaranth) grain, a plant distinguished by its red color and edible protein-rich seeds.
E123 (Amaranth) is an anionic dye.
E123 (Amaranth) can be applied to natural and synthetic fibers, leather, paper, and phenol-formaldehyde resins. As a food additive it has E number E123.
E123 (Amaranth) usually comes as a trisodium salt. It has the appearance of reddish-brown, dark red to purple water-soluble powder that decomposes at 120 °C without melting.
E123 (Amaranth)s water solution has absorption maximum at about 520 nm. Like all azo dyes,
E123 (Amaranth) was, during the middle of the 20th century, made from coal tar; modern synthetics are more likely to be made from petroleum byproducts.
Since 1976 E123 (Amaranth) dye has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a suspected carcinogen.
E123 (Amaranth)s use is still legal in some countries, notably in the United Kingdom where it is most commonly used to give glacé cherries their distinctive color.
E123 (Amaranth) is a dark red to purple azo dye that is used as a food colorant or to color cosmetics. Also known as Red 2 or E123, E123 (Amaranth) has the Color Index No. 16185. The dye has a heat stability level of 5 and an alkali stability level of 4, and is often used in alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, cake mixes, ice cream, jams, jellies, and processed foods.
E123 (Amaranth) is a monoazo dye that occurs as reddish brown to dark reddish brown powder or granules.
It is principally the trisodium salt of 3-hydroxy-4-(4-sulfonato-1-naphthylazo)-2,7-naphthalenedisulfonate and subsidiary coloring matters together with sodium chloride and/or sodium sulfate as the principal uncolored components. It may be converted to the corresponding aluminum lake.
Common Uses
E123 (Amaranth) can be used to color a variety of foods and beverages, including confectionery products, desserts, cereals, bakery products, dairy products, sausages, and snack foods.
E123 (Amaranth) as a potential component of lifestyle modification to improve cardiovascular risk profiles by modifying cardiovascular risk factors such as cholesterol, diabetes, and hypertension.
E123 (Amaranth) is a dark red to dark purple powder. Almost no odor. Tastes salty. pH (1% solution in water) approximately 10.8. Used to dye wool and silk bright bluish-red from an acid bath.
E123 (Amaranth) is an organic molecular entity.
USES
-Industrial applications include dyeing leather, staining wood, coloring paper coatings and coloring photographs. E123 (Amaranth) finds limited use as a biological stain.
E123 (Amaranth) can be used as a reagent for the detection of nitrites and nitrates.
-Dyeing wool and silk bright bluish-red from acid bath; as indicator in hydrazine titrations; color photography
-Formerly a certified food and drug colorant (Replaced for some applications by FDC Red No. 40). Textile dye, color photography
E123 (Amaranth) has been used as a dye for the microscopic visualization of crop contraction in blowflies.
E123 (Amaranth) has been used in the electrophoresis gel to track the migration front of the electrode buffer.
A dark, reddish-purple synthetic dye.
E123 (Amaranth) was developed in 1878 by H. Baum.
E123 (Amaranth) is a water soluble Azo dye derived from Coal tar.
E123 (Amaranth) is a nonpermanent color used as a colorant in textiles and color photography.
E123 (Amaranth) was banned by the FDA in 1976 for use in food and cosmetics.
E123 (Amaranth) is a tribasic sulfonate dye first prepared by O. Knecht in 1886.
E123 (Amaranth) became known as the infamous FD&C Red No. 2, which was used to add red color to foods and cosmetics—until it was banned by FDA in 1976 as a suspected carcinogen.
E123 (Amaranth) also is used to dye wool and silk and as an indicator in hydrazine titrations.
Description
E123 (Amaranth) is a dark red to purple azo dye used as a food dye and to color cosmetics. The name was taken from E123 (Amaranth) grain, a plant distinguished by its red color and edible protein-rich seeds.
E123 (Amaranth) is an anionic dye.
E123 (Amaranth) can be applied to natural and synthetic fibers, leather, paper, and phenol-formaldehyde resins. As a food additive it has E number E123.
E123 (Amaranth) usually comes as a trisodium salt.
E123 (Amaranth) has the appearance of reddish-brown, dark red to purple water-soluble powder that decomposes at 120 °C without melting.
E123 (Amaranth)s water solution has absorption maximum at about 520 nm.
E123 (Amaranth) is an artificial food dye also known as red dye #2.
E123 (Amaranth) gets its name because the colour is similar to that of the plant named E123 (Amaranth).
E123 (Amaranth) is an azo dye similar to allura red.
E123 (Amaranth) can be found as a food colouring in alcoholic beverages, red soft drinks, cake mixes, ice cream, jams, jellies, and many other processed foods.
E123 (Amaranth) dye is also used in France and Italy in the production of caviar.
Application
E123 (Amaranth) has been used as a dye for the microscopic visualization of crop contraction in blowflies.
E123 (Amaranth) has been used in the electrophoresis gel to track the migration front of the electrode buffer.
E123 (Amaranth) is among the artificial colorants. Artificial colorants are color obtained in a way that is used in nature.
E123 (Amaranth) has the chemical formula C20H11N2Na3O10S3.
E123 (Amaranth) gives red color to the product it is used in. In powder or granule.
E123 (Amaranth) is soluble in water. Also known as synthetic azo dye.
E123 (Amaranth) is widely used in foods. Cake, fruit desserts, jellies, strategy, etc. used in the use permit. ADI (daily intake) is 0.5 mg/kg. Since the usage is wide, it is possible to make a lot of preparations in this regard if our diet is close to food. Activities such as asthma, children hyperactivity were allowed. use is prohibited. (Austria, America, Russia,..)
Apart from food, there are also cosmetic uses such as medicine, cleaning products, games.
Previously, dye E123 was used in the food industry as an additive in dry mixes for jelly and cake in a mix for dry breakfasts. In addition, the additive E123 is used to prepare biscuits and semi-finished products of soft drinks.
Other E123 (Amaranth) Applications:
in the cosmetic industry, lipstick, rumen, etc. In its production;
as paint, for coloring paper, natural and synthetic fabrics, leather and phenol formaldehyde resins.
E123 (Amaranth) is a conventional chemical preparation obtained in a synthetic laboratory. A charcoal resin is used to produce powder.
E123 (Amaranth) is designed to ensure that food products acquire certain shades:
red with purple notes;
red with blue notes;
red with brown notes.
Apparently, its name derives from the fact that the dye can give color similar to the shade of prevention of the E123 (Amaranth) plant.
The coloring agent is made in the form of a conventional powder - it dissolves freely in any liquid. If you heat the powder to a temperature of 120 degrees Celsius on the Celtius scale and above, it will begin to separate, but no matter what the temperature is, it will not undergo melting.
IUPAC names
E123 (Amaranth)
Trisodium (4E)-3-oxo-4-[(4-sulfonato-1-naphthyl)hydrazono]naphthalene-2,7-disulfonate
trisodium (4E)-3-oxo-4-[(4-sulfonatonaphthalen-1-yl)hydrazinylidene]naphthalene-2,7-disulfonate
trisodium (4E)-3-oxo-4-[2-(4-sulfonatonaphthalen-1-yl)hydrazin-1-ylidene]-3,4-dihydronaphthalene-2,7-disulfonate
trisodium (4Z)-3-oxo-4-[(4-sulfonatonaphthalen-1-yl)hydrazinylidene]naphthalene-2,7-disulfonate
Trisodium 3-hydroxy-4-(4'-sulphonatonaphthylazo)naphthalene-2,7-disulphonate
trisodium 3-hydroxy-4-(4'-sulphonatonaphthylazo)naphthalene-2,7-disulphonate
trisodium 3-hydroxy-4-[(4-sulfonato-1-naphthyl)diazenyl]naphthalene-2,7-disulfonate
trisodium 3-oxo-4-[(4-sulfonatonaphthalen-1-yl)hydrazinylidene]naphthalene-2,7-disulfonate
SYNONYMS:
E123
l-rot3
redno2
redno.2
INS 123
1302red
1508red
amarant
azoredr
c.i.184
FD &
L Red 3
FD&CRED2
C.I.1685
azorubys
foodred9
Amaramth
BORDEAUX
CI 16185
FAST RED
E123 (Amaranth)
AZO RUBIN
GB 08.001
solarredo
lissamine
E123 (Amaranth)a
E123 (Amaranth)b
E123 (Amaranth)s
E123 (Amaranth)e
eecno.123
dandcred2
dyefdcred2
E123 (Amaranth)wd
reddyeno.2
AZORUBIN S
BORDEAUX S
E123 (Amaranth) R
Food Red 2
D &c Red 2
Japan red 2
E123 (Amaranth) 85
C.I.16185:1
CI NO 16185
ACID RED 27
s-azorubine
naptholrots
azorubinesf
hdE123 (Amaranth)b
E123 (Amaranth)bpc
acilanredse
E123 (Amaranth)lake
NAPHTHOL RED
C.I.Foodred9
neklacidreda
