SC - Food dyes

Weaver8002 at aol.com Weaver8002 at aol.com
Fri Mar 30 15:37:08 PST 2001 

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In a message dated 03/30/2001 4:30:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US writes:


> The chemical structure suggests that part of the extraction process from
> indican to indigotin is nitrogen-fixing, so uric acid from urine might be a
> workable substitute for ammonia, in much the same manner urine is used in
> primative tanning processes.
> 
> 

Urine is where they got the uric acid and ammonia in period.  I, for one 
would rather not have blue food if indigo is the only source of blue food 
coloring.

Margherita the Weaver - who's back after 2 year absence.

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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT  SIZE=2>In a message dated 03/30/2001 4:30:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
<BR>TerryD at Health.State.OK.US writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The chemical structure suggests that part of the extraction process from
<BR>indican to indigotin is nitrogen-fixing, so uric acid from urine might be a
<BR>workable substitute for ammonia, in much the same manner urine is used in
<BR>primative tanning processes.
<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR>Urine is where they got the uric acid and ammonia in period.  I, for one 
<BR>would rather not have blue food if indigo is the only source of blue food 
<BR>coloring.
<BR>
<BR>Margherita the Weaver - who's back after 2 year absence.</FONT></HTML>

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