Answer» - Food colours are mixed in most soft drinks and foodstuffs available in the market.
- These food colours are in the form of powders, gels and pastes.
- Food colours are used in domestic as well as commercial products.
- Certain colours and essences are added to ice cream, ice candies, sauces, fruit juices, cold drinks, pickles, jams and jellies.
- Food colours are often found to be added to packaged meat (chicken, mutton), chilli powder, turmeric, sweets and other similar substances so as to give them a good colour.
- Food colours are natural as well as artificial.
- The food colours prepared from seeds, beetroot, flowers and fruit concentrate are natural.
- Tetrazene, sunset yellow are artificial food colours used extensively.
- However, over-consumption of artificial food colours can be detrimental to health. Therefore, usage of natural food colours is always good.
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