Certasure™ Screening: Heavy Metals

Food Safety is Our Priority

Botanical colorants have an inherent risk due to the nature of crops. Because plants pull nutrients from the air, water, and soil they grow in, contaminants such as heavy metals can be absorbed throughout the growing process. While FD&C Food Colors are rigorously tested by the FDA, the same type of regulatory oversight simply does not exist for food colors from botanical sources, and inherently, natural food colors pose higher risks. For example, the FDA has very clear specifications for the levels of heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and cadmium, etc. permitted in synthetic food colors, and every batch of synthetic color must meet these heavy metal specifications in order to become a Certified Food Color (FD&C). However, that same type of certification process and screening for heavy metals does not exist for food colors from botanical sources.

Sensient’s response to the lack of standards is Certasure™

An integrated food safety program for colors from plant sources that combines a comprehensive vendor certification, best manufacturing practices, full raw material traceability and the most stringent testing protocols. There are five major screening protocols which create the foundation of Sensient’s commitment to food safety across the following risk metrics:

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Certasure™ Screening: Heavy Metals

Sensient’s response to the lack of standards is Certasure™

Pesticides

Heavy Metals

Microbiological Contamination

Adulteration

Unauthorized Solvents

This blog is part of a series exploring each testing protocol of Certasure™:

What we test for, why we do it, and how it works. For more information on a different screening process, click an icon above!

If you have any questions about our heavy metals screening process or our natural food colors, feel free to schedule a consultation. If you’re ready to be absolutely confident in the safety and quality of your natural colors, request any shade from our rainbow today!

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Certasure™ Screening: Heavy Metals

Sensient’s response to the lack of standards is Certasure™

Pesticides

Heavy Metals

Microbiological Contamination

Adulteration

Unauthorized Solvents

This blog is part of a series exploring each testing protocol of Certasure™:

What we test for, why we do it, and how it works. For more information on a different screening process, click an icon above!

If you have any questions about our heavy metals screening process or our natural food colors, feel free to schedule a consultation. If you’re ready to be absolutely confident in the safety and quality of your natural colors, request any shade from our rainbow today!

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