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Classification of Food Colours — Card 3 of 14
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Question
Which pigment is fat-soluble?
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Answer
B. Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll has long long hydrophobic phytol tail. Even though it has a polar head, the overall structure behaves largely non-polar. Therefore it dissolves better in lipids (fats and oils) than in water
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