to entise people to buy it. if it was a boring colour it wouldn't be bought. and it also gets children to ask there parents for it as they would go for a colour rather then sum borin product .
Water should work well as food colourings are usually water soluble.
Yes, you can have an allergy (or intolerance) to food colorings.
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what does lake mean in food coloring
cochineal come from a beetle
Its color is dependent on the animal's feed and is commonly manipulated with food colorings in the commercial manufacturing process, most commonly annatto or carotene
Dyes or colorings are added to water bases.
It can be bad for you but taste good... It depends on how much you put in your food.
Food colorings, mostly plant derived, have been used since ancient times. Sir William Henry Perkin invented the first synthetic food coloring in 1856.
Some of the food colorings have the abbreviation "FCF" in their names. This stands for "For Coloring Food" (US) or "For Colouring of Food" (UK)
Almost all processed food contains colorings. Just give a example, a coke usually contains caramel as coloring.