Why colour food, drug and cosmetic products?
Food colour additives have long been in use for enhancing the aesthetic value of foods, beverages and cosmetics, and for identifying and differentiating drugs and other products. Archaeological evidence dates the use of colour additives in cosmetics to 5000 B.C. Romans have been using colours ...
The changing shape of the world’s synthetic food colour industry
During the last ten years the global structure of the synthetic food colour manufacturers has changed significantly. In the west, synthetic food dyestuff manufacturers have disappeared or been acquired.
In the UK, historically one of the originating countries for the manufacture of synthetic food colors, ...