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== About food colorings == | == About food colorings == | ||
Foods colorings have been part of cooking since times immemorial. As early as 1500BC, Egyptian papyruses mention how the yellow of safran was used to fill distilled drinks with sunlight<ref>Saffron was also mentioned for its coloring properties by Homer in his Iliad.</ref>, potassium nitrate to enrich the green of vegetables, and cochineal and beetroot to artificially enhance the color of red wines or meats<ref>Pliny the Elder, 400BC</ref>. | Foods colorings have been part of cooking since times immemorial. As early as 1500BC, Egyptian papyruses mention how the yellow of safran was used to fill distilled drinks with sunlight<ref>Saffron was also mentioned for its coloring properties by Homer in his Iliad.</ref>, potassium nitrate to enrich the green of vegetables, and cochineal and beetroot to artificially enhance the color of red wines or meats<ref>Pliny the Elder, 400BC</ref>. | ||