MOQ | 100 kg |
Port | shanghai |
Packaging | 20kg/carton |
Lead Time | within 2 weeks after payment |
color | orange powder |
Natural Pigment Bulk Food Grade Lutein Powder
Specifications: Lutein 5% 10%, 20%, 40%, 50%
Lutein is extracted from marigold flower. Lutein is kind of
xanthophyll and one of naturally occurring carotenoids. Usually
lutein coexists with its isomer zeaxanthin, and they can be
interconverted in the body. Lutein is synthesized only by plants.
Humans and mammals must obtain lutein from food.
Lutein powder has yellow-red color, and it is insoluble in water
and propyl glycol; slightly soluble in vegetable oil and
n-hexane; soluble in ethanol and carrene; easily soluble in ethyl
acetate, tetrahydrofuran and chloroform. Lutein is unstable to
light and hydrogen, and it has to be stored in sealed, cool, dark
and dry condition.
Lutein has a lot of health benefits. It has antioxidant property,
and it may scavenge free radicals, support eye health, protect
skin from ultraviolet ray damage, reduce the risk of suffering
diabetes, and inhibit the increase of cancer
cells.
Lutein is primarily used as a colorant in food and supplements
due to its yellow-red color. It appears yellow at low
concentrations and orange-red at high
concentrations.
Lutein can also be used as addtives to feeds for poultry, fish
and shrimps.
COA of Lutein 40%
Items Specifications Results
Appearance Orange powder Complies
Odor and taste Characteristic Complies
Lutein content ≥40.0% 40.50%
Zeaxanthin content ≥1% 1.28%
Loss on drying ≤5.0% 3.12%
Sulphated ash ≤2.0% 1.21%
Solvent residuals(N-hexane) ≤25mg/kg Complies
Heavy metal ≤10ppm Complies
Arsenic ≤1.0PPM <0.2PPM
Cadmium ≤1.0PPM <0.05PPM
Lead ≤1.0PPM <0.1PPM
Mercury ≤0.1PPM <0.02PPM
Mesh size 100% pass 80 mesh Complies
Microbiology
Total plate count ≤1000cfu/g <1000cfu/g
Yeast & Mould ≤100cfu/g <100cfu/g
E.Coli Absent Absent
Salmonella Absent Absent