Food coloring - Shokubeni

Japanese: 食紅 - しょくべに
Food coloring - Shokubeni
A general term for harmless red food dyes used in food. Generally, it referred to natural food dyes such as those derived from vegetable safflower, which is a member of the Asteraceae family, or animal food dyes derived from cactus parasites, but recently the term food coloring has also come to include red food dyes made from chemical synthesis.

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Japanese:
食用に用いられる無害の紅色色素の総称。一般にはキク科の紅花から得られる植物性の食紅,サボテンに寄生するえんじ虫から得られる動物性の食紅の天然性のものをいったが,最近は化学合成による食用色素のうち赤色のものも食紅というようになった。

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