Carmine - painted in a deep red-purple color, which gives a carmine pigment. This dye has been known since 1549. It is made from the dried female mealybug koshenilnogo dwelling in Latin America. Used for dyeing fabrics, yarn, manufacture of decorative paints. However, the mass production of carmine began only in 1990, when it became widely used in the food industry (additive E-120). Carmine also is used in the manufacture of cosmetics and histological studies (for staining).
Carmine
Carmine - painted in a deep red-purple color, which gives a carmine pigment. This dye has been known since 1549. It is made from the dried female mealybug koshenilnogo dwelling in Latin America. Used for dyeing fabrics, yarn, manufacture of decorative paints. However, the mass production of carmine began only in 1990, when he became ...