topic+colours~azhana


 * Explain the functions of food colours.**

answer.. Colouring substance mean any substance that, when added to food, is capable of imparting colour to that food and includes colouring preparation.
 * To offset colour loss due to exposure to light, air, temperature, extremes, moisture and storage conditions.
 * To correct natural variations in colour
 * To enhance colour that occur naturally
 * To provide colour to colourless and "fun" or attractive foods

Without colour additives,
 * Cola wouldn't be brown
 * Margarine would't be yellow

Colour additives are now recognized as an important part of practically all processed foods we eat.