Ka Mea HoʻohālikeʻOi

ʻAi mua mākou me ka maka. ʻO ia keʻano o nā meaʻoluʻolu, nāʻoluʻolu i hōʻikeʻia a nani i ka meaʻai. I kēia mau lā, loaʻa iā mākou ka meaʻai nui o kaʻai-nā mea palekana e maʻa i nā meaʻai e pili ana i kahi hue a makemake mākou,ʻaʻole naʻeʻo ia keʻano.

Ka Mea HoʻohālikeʻOi

I ka wā kahiko, ua hoʻohanaʻia nāʻanoʻano likeʻole me nā mea kanu a me nā mea ulu lāʻau, a me ka huaʻai a me nā peelings hua e hoʻonui i kaʻaina i nā meaʻai. ʻO nā kīʻaha , nā kāloti, nā pomegerane , nā hua waina, nā hua, nā beets , ka pāpaʻi, nā'ōniwi, nā indigo, ka'ōaʻomaʻu, ka alkanet (root pahu), nā lūlūʻulaʻula (he lāʻau powred), marigold, a me ka turmeric.

Ua hoʻohana kekahi o ko mākou mau kūpuna i nā mea kūlohelohe e like me nā minera a me nā ores, e like me ke azure (copper carbon), ka'ōlā gula, a me ka lau kālā, aʻo kekahi o lākou he mau mea make loa.

ʻO nā mea'ē aʻe e pili ana i ka meaʻai o nāʻano anuenue

Uaʻikeʻo Elise Fleming i nā puke kiko puke e pili ana i kahi 1390 AD a ua hōʻuluʻulu i kahi papa inoa o nā meaʻai i hoʻohanaʻia he mau haneli mau makahiki aku nei me nā hua'ōlelo mana i Olde English mai nā punahele o kona hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ma nā meaʻai o nā makahiki .

Nā Coloring Mea Hana

ʻO kekahi o nā meaʻai maʻamau ka mea maʻamau, he carotenoids, chlorophyll, anthocyanin, a me turmeric:

• Heʻanoʻulaʻula, he melemele, aʻalani paha ko Carotenoids aʻo ka carotenoid kaulana loa he beta-carotene e hāʻawi ana i nāʻuala a me nā pauma i ko lākouʻoni. Hoʻokomo pinepineʻia ka Beta-carotene i ka margarine a me ka lihi e hāʻawi iā ia i ka momona hou.
• ʻO Chlorophyll kahi puaʻa maoli i loaʻa i nā mea kanu uliuli. ʻO nāʻano mint a me nā lime-iʻono like me ka candy a me kaʻaina cream e maʻa mauʻia me ka chlorophyll.

• Hāʻawi nā Anthocyanins i nā hua waina, a me nā lole uliuli, a me kaʻulaʻula i ko lākou poniʻulaʻula, a me nā kapa uliuli, a ua hoʻohana pinepineʻia e nānā i nā hua wai e like me nā meaʻawaʻawa a me ke kele.
• ʻAʻole hoʻohana waleʻiaʻo Turmeric e like me ka meaʻala, akā, e like hoʻi me ka puaʻa e hoʻololi ai i nā meaʻai i kaʻoluʻolu melemele hohonu, e like me ka mīmū a me nā meaʻai'ē aʻe.

Nā Mea Hana Laʻa

I ka liloʻana o nā mea eʻaʻai ai i nāʻano meaʻai kūpono ma muli o ke kumukūʻai o ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana a me ka hanaʻana i nā mea i hoʻohanaʻia no ka hanaʻana, nā meaʻaʻahu i hanaʻia i ka hapa o ke kumukūʻai, uaʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ke ola, kahiʻike.

I ka makahiki 1856, uaʻikeʻo William Henry Perkin i ka meaʻalaniʻenehana kahiko, i kapaʻia he mauve, hoʻohanaʻia e nānā i nā meaʻai, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā mea pale.

I ka makahiki 1900, he hana maʻamau ia no nā meaʻai, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā mea hoʻoponoponoʻana i loaʻa ma ka US no ka hanaʻana i kala. Akā,ʻaʻole nā ​​mea ola a pau i hewaʻole (kekahi mau mea alakaʻi, arsenic, a me mercury) a ua hoʻohanaʻia kekahi mau mea e hūnā i nā mea iʻoi aʻe aiʻole nā ​​meaʻino.

I ka makahiki 1906, ua komo nā keʻena o ke aupuni pekelala a me ka'aha'ōlelo i ke kānāwai o ka meaʻai a me nā lāʻauʻona oʻAmelika Huipūʻia, ka mea i pāpā ai i ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā meaʻawaʻawa a iʻole nāʻanoʻeleʻele i nā meaʻoluʻolu a me nā meaʻono.

Ke pale i ka mea kūʻai

Hoʻokumu ka'Ālapa Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 i nā rula koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā meaʻono a me ka mea kupanaha,ʻehiku wale nō lanu i'āponoʻia no ka hoʻolahaʻana i ka meaʻai a aia lākou i ka papa inoa i kēia mau lā.

ʻO Blue No. 1 (Blue FC Blue FC), Blue No. 2 (Indigotine), Green No. 3 (Green FC FC), Red No. 3 (Erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red AC), Nakāleʻa No 5 (Tartrazine), a me ka Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow FCF).

I kēia lā, aia nā haneli he nui o nā meaʻai maʻa mau i mālama ponoʻia no ka mālamaʻana.

ʻO ka Future o Food Coloring

Uaʻike ka hapanui o nā poʻe i nāʻanoʻokoʻa kala e hoʻohanaʻia ana e nānā i ka hīmeni o nā pōʻai hoʻolauleʻa, eia ka mea hou. ʻO kahi o nā meaʻai hou loa ma ka mākeke, he meaʻai i ka meaʻono i ka mea'enehu i nā pahu'aerosol i hele mai i kaʻulaʻula, i ka uliuli, i ke gula, i ke kālā, a me nā mea'ē aʻe. ʻO kaʻai a me ka palekana (inā loa!) A'āponoʻia e ka FDA.

No ke aha e makemake ai kekahi e inu i kā lākou meaʻai?

I ka wā i hala aku nei, a ma kekahiʻano i kēia lā, ua hoʻohuiʻia ka laulā i meaʻai e hoʻonui ai i kaʻoluʻolu i ka mea kūʻai a, no laila,ʻoi aku ka loli, a iʻole e hoʻololiʻana i nā hua liʻiliʻi a iʻole i ka poʻe i huli a iʻole i kāʻiliʻia.

I kēia lā,ʻo kaʻano maoli o nā meaʻaiʻole iʻaiʻia he waiwai nui. E heluhelu i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻana i kāu meaʻai i keʻano .