국내에 유통되는 식용 타르색소 9종 및 그 알루미늄레이크 6종의 색소 함량을 한국, 일본, 미국 및 JECFA의 색소정량법에 따라 비교$cdot$검토하였다. 색소정량법은 한국과 일본이 삼염화티탄에 의한 적정법, 미국은 KiPP generator를 이용한 삼염화티탄법과 spectrophotomete법의 평균값을 구하여 나타냈고, JECFA는 미국방법 중 삼염화티탄법을 사용하였다. 또한 색소의 종류에 따라 함량에 대한 규격기준이 달랐으며 분석 시료의 색소물질 함량은 $85.08-96.40\%$, 식용색소레이크의 함량은 $10.00-36.86\%$로서 모두 규격기준에 적합한 것으로 나타났다.
Center for Food Standard Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug AdministrationThis study was performed to compare analytical methods of nine synthetic food colors and six food color lakes in Korea, Japan, Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee of Food Additives (JECFA), and USA. The experimental protocol of this study consists of three parts: titration method with titanium chloride, gravimetric and spectrophotometric method. To measure the total contents of food colors, Korea and Japan used titration method with titanium chloride, USA used the average value of titration method with titanium chloride equipped with Kipp generator and spectrophotometric method. Also, JECFA used titration method with titanium chloride equipped with KiPP generator. However, All the low organizations used gravimetric method to measure the total content of coloring matter on Food Red No.3. Although all organizations use various methods for analysis of coloring matters, total contents of coloring matter on food colors tested fell into the standard showing $85.08-96.40\%$ in synthetic food colors and $10.00-36.86\%$ in food color lakes.
