Herbridge,6 April-Carthamin yellow price further rose as the drought continued.
Carthamin yellow mainly containing carthamin is stable in the PH range 2 to 7.It is soluble in water and alcohol with low concentration.Carthamin is therefore widely used in acidic beverage.Carthamin yellow is in yellow color under the acidic conditions and orang-yellow in alkaline environment.Carthamin yellow is available in powder form and is standardized to E60-E150.

    Carthamin yellow is derived from the leaves of safflower carthamus.According to herbridge.com,safflower is mainly planted in Xinjiang,Xizang and Yunnan province.There are a few natural pigment suppliers in Yunan province on account of rich plant resources in thelocality.For example,Yunnan Rainbow Bio-tech Co., Ltd.,Yunnan Tonghai Yang Natural Products Co., Ltd.Yunnan Rainbow Bio-tech Co., Ltd. has its own production base for safflower in Yunnan,continuously supplying carthamin yellow with consistent quality.Yunnan Tonghai Yang Natural Products Co., Ltd.also provide carthamin yellow,but their advange product is red radish color.According to Yunnan Tonghai Yang Natural Products Co., Ltd.,they have enough carthamin yellow to meet the domestic and international demand this year.

    According to herbridge.com,carthamin yellow supply was severely affected by the SW drought.E60 carthamin yellow price is around 550RMB/kg and still has upward tendency.The price was about 450RMB/kg last year.