Product Description

Canthaxanthin Powder is a carotenoid pigment with orange color. It exists naturally in a variety of foods and can also be synthesized artificially. It is often used as an animal feed additive to make the color of egg yolk and poultry meat more vivid. It is mainly used as orange colorant when adding food, but it is rarely used. Some studies have shown that large intake of keratin may lead to its accumulation in the retina, but the 2010 assessment of the EU Food Safety Agency shows that the use of keratin is generally safe.
Role of Canthaxanthin Powder:
1. Feed addition
Food additive International Code: ins161g) is mainly used as animal feed additive to make the color of egg yolk and poultry meat more bright and the color of salmon more ruddy.
2. Food coloring
Canthaxanthin can also be used in jam, candy, syrup, sauce, carbon dioxide containing beverage and other food as colorant. However, keratin is more often used in animal feed rather than as a food colorant.
3. Tanning pill
Canthaxanthin Powder is also related to the sun tanning pills popular abroad. Due to its antioxidant properties, some people believe that taking it can increase the skins ability to resist ultraviolet rays. Because after ingestion, it can accumulate in the skin fat layer and make the skin produce a brown like change. Some tanning agents use this natural pigment