beta-Carotene(Carotene) 

CAS: 7235-40-7 

Quality Standard: QB 

Content: 10% 98%

Specifications: 10% 90% 

Characters 

Shiny dark red to dark red rhombic hexahedral or crystalline powder, with a slight smell and odor, insoluble in water, propylene glycol, glycerin, acid and alkali, soluble in carbon disulfide, benzene, chloroform, ethane, and olive oil and other vegetable oils, almost insoluble in methanol or ethanol. Dilute the solution was orange to yellow, orange when the concentration increases (due to polar solvents can be slightly red). The product is light, heat, oxygen-labile, weakly alkaline but not acid stable, without ascorbic Reduction substances, heavy metals, especially iron ions promote its fading. 

Uses: 

Nutritional supplements and pigments, yellow pigments are widely used as a substitute for tar oil-soluble dyes, such as for the original to contain carotene cream cheese and the like. For butter, margarine, oil, fruit juice, soft drinks, cakes, mayonnaise, etc. Can also be used ice cream, candy and other cheese 

Application: β-carotene as an edible oil-soluble pigment, its own color due to differences in concentration, can cover all from red to yellow color, so by the food industry is quite a warm welcome. It is very suitable for oily product development and protein products, such as: margarine, capsules, fish paste refined products, vegetarian products, such as instant noodles palette. And β-carotene microcapsules after processing can be converted to a water-soluble dye, almost all foods can be applied. 

β-carotene have important uses in feed, cosmetics and so on. Promote animal fertility and growth also has good effect. 

β-carotene is an antioxidant with detoxification, is indispensable to the maintenance of human health nutrients, β-carotene can be converted in the body into vitamin A, there will not be caused due to excessive intake of vitamin A cumulative poisoning . 

β-carotene is a very safe, without any side effects of nutrients, it is rich in amino acids, vitamins, natural moisturizing factor, trace elements and other biologically active substances.

Price:USD 82/KG

beta-Carotene 

Product Name: beta-Carotene 

Synonyms: SOLATENE;PROVITAMIN A1;PROVITAMIN A;TRANS-B-CAROTENE;TRANS-BETA-CAROTENE;(all-E)-1,1'-(3,7,12,16-Tetramethyl-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-octadecanonaene-1,18-diyl)bis(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexene);1,1’-(3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-octadecanonaene-cyclohexen;1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-Octadecanonene,3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1,18-cyclohex-1-ene,2,6,6-trimethyl- 

CAS: 7235-40-7 

MF: C40H56 

MW: 536.87 

EINECS: 230-636-6 

Chemical Properties: solid 

Usage: antioxidant; provitamin A 

Usage: Most important of the provitamins A. Widely distributed in the plant and animal kingdom. In plants it occurs almost always together with chlorophyll. Vitamin A precursor. Ultraviolet screen