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annatto

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an·nat·to also a·nat·to  (-nät)
n. pl. an·nat·tos In all senses also called achiote.
1. A tropical American evergreen shrub or small tree (Bixa orellana), having heart-shaped leaves and showy, rose-pink or sometimes white flowers. Also called lipstick tree.
2. The seed of this plant, used as a coloring and sometimes as a flavoring, especially in Latin American cuisine.
3. A yellowish-red dyestuff obtained from the seed aril of this plant, used especially to dye fabric and to color food products such as margarine and cheese.
[Of Cariban origin.]


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Also line of uncertified natural colorants, such as annatto, carmine, tumeric, titanium dioxide, grape-skin extract, and natural beta carotene.
Colorants by Plastics Technology
They're also talking about natural additives such as annatto extract, carrot oil, turmeric, vegetable juices and the controversial cochineal extract, whose characteristic rosy hue is derived from the eggs of the Peruvian cochineal beetle.
A study in color by Art Culinaire
A) Skim milk, cooked enriched macaroni, pasteurized processed American cheese (whey, sodium phosphate, whey protein concentrate, skim milk, milkfat, salt, annatto color), bleached wheat flour, cheddar cheese, soybean oil, salt, modified cornstarch, cheddar cheese flavor, sugar, whey, dried onions, butter flavor, annatto coloring--Stouffer's Pasta Shells with American Cheese
Guide to Vegetarian Frozen Entrees by Mangels, Reed / Vegetarian Journal
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