Food Colours
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A few of the azo dues, mainly yellow and red dyes, have been approved as permitted colours for use in food preparations. These being edible products for human consumption, have to be in their purest form and should not contain the intermediates from which they were made, especially the amino compounds. Since they are azo dyes, they are made by diazotising a suitable aromatic amine and coupling with coupling components.
