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Standard VII
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Various Types of Food and Their Adulterants
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Which chemical is used to impart green colour to food substances?


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Fast green

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Grass essence

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C

Chlorophyll

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D

Safranin

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Solution

The correct option is A

Fast green


Fast green is a chemical substance added to food components to impart an artificial green colour to them. Artificial colouring agents, like fast green, are added in permissible amounts to food substances to make them visually appealing.

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