Annatto seeds or Sindhoori Seeds or Lipstick seeds (Bixa Orellana seeds)

 

Annatto seeds or Sindhoori Seeds  or Lipstick seeds:- 

 Its colour is  are used as red ink, Coating medicines, Drugs, Dyeing, Food colouring, Hair oils, Polishes, Poultry feed

 • The annatto dye is non-toxic and is mainly used for colouring edible materials like butter, ghee, other milk products, margarine, cheese, vanaspati, chocolates, cosmetics etc. 

• It neither affects the colour nor the aroma of these products. 

 The dye is also used in colouring citrus juice, concentrates, drinks etc. 

• Annatto dye is also used in floor polishes, shoe polish, hair oils etc.

Annatto oil is Vitamin-E enriched 

Annatto is a natural carotenoid obtained from Bixa orellana shrub. 

The seeds are gaining economic importance in recent years as a highly desirable colourant. 

The ripe fruits of annatto on drying yield annatto seed which serves as the raw material for the production of annatto colour. 

Tailor-made formulations based on water-soluble carbonate systems were found suitable for use in hard-boiled candies, vermicelli, gold fingers, and fast foods such as biriyani and vegetable manchurian. 

Similarly, PG-based (propylene glycol-based  ) tailor-made formulations were found suitable for traditional sweetmeats such as boondi laddu and motichoor laddu, as well as dairy and bakery products including butter, cheese, biscuit cream, bakery cream, and icing cream. The sugar-powder formulation was found convenient for application in hard-boiled candies, jalebi, jangri, and boondi laddu.