Natural SINDUR (ANNATTO) SEED -15

Name : Natural SINDUR (ANNATTO) SEED -15

Type Of Seed : Fruit

Quantity : 0-100 G

Suitable For : Indoor & Outdoor

Color : Orange

Product Breadth : 0.5 Cm

Product Height : 0.5 Cm

Product Length : 0.5 Cm

Net Quantity (N) : Pack Of 1

The commercial product of Annato or Sinduri plant is annato dye, a red orange pigment known as Bixin, extracted from the seed coat. This dye is used mostly in dairy industry for colouring butter, cheese, ghee, chocolates and ice creams. It is employed in dyeing of cotton, silk clothes and leather, in coloration of medicines and in making shoe polishes. The colour yielding plant is also used in making bindi or kumkum. Traditionally the red orange colour of this plant has used as a cosmetic by the tribals. In Indian system of medicines especially in Ayurveda, the bitter, cold, dark brown bark is prescribed for curing blood diseases, headache, phlegm, high fever and gonorrhoea. The leaves of Sinduri are used as blood purifier. The paste made from its seeds keeps mosquitoes at bay. Sinduri, when combined with edible items does not affect their taste or flavour. By and large, it is a multipurpose plant whose bark, leaves, roots and seeds are used for medicinal, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and edible colouring purposes. Ink and non edible colours are also made in many countries. The waste annato seeds after extraction of pigment are dehulled and defatted for preparation of flour which is used as animal feed as it contains more than 12% protein and 40% carbohydrates. The quantity of bixin in the seed varies from 0.73 to 1.3 per cent by weight and contains carotenoids of various types ou

Country of Origin : India