Food orange 7

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| ImageAlt=Skeletal formula of food orange 7

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| ImageAlt1=Space-filling model of the food orange 7 molecule

| IUPACName=Ethyl 8′-apo-β-caroten-8′-oate

| SystematicName=Ethyl (2E,4E,6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E)-2,6,11,15-tetramethyl-17-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)heptadeca-2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16-octaenoate

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| Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid

| Ethyl 8'-apo-beta,psi-carotenoate

| E160f

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| CASNo=1109-11-1

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| EC_number = 214-173-7

| PubChem=6391647

| StdInChI=1S/C32H44O2/c1-9-34-31(33)29(6)20-13-19-26(3)16-11-10-15-25(2)17-12-18-27(4)22-23-30-28(5)21-14-24-32(30,7)8/h10-13,15-20,22-23H,9,14,21,24H2,1-8H3/b11-10+,17-12+,19-13+,23-22+,25-15+,26-16+,27-18+,29-20+

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| SMILES=CCOC(=O)/C(=C/C=C/C(=C/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C1=C(CCCC1(C)C)C)/C)/C

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Food orange 7, the ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid, is a carotenoid with an orange-red color. It is found in small quantities in some plants, but is often produced commercially from apocarotenal (E160e).[http://www.food-info.net/uk/e/e160f.htm E160f], food-info.net It is used as a food coloring under the E number E160f and is approved for use in Australia and New Zealand.Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code{{cite web |url=http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2011C00827 |title=Standard 1.2.4 - Labelling of ingredients |date=8 September 2011 |access-date=2011-10-27}} It was approved for use in the EU,UK Food Standards Agency: {{cite web |url=http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/chemsafe/additivesbranch/enumberlist |title=Current EU approved additives and their E Numbers |access-date=2011-10-27}} but was delisted in November 2011 as it was no longer being manufactured.{{cite web |title=Regulations: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1129/2011 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0001:0177:En:PDF |publisher=European Commission |date=11 November 2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111120012046/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0001:0177:En:PDF |archive-date=20 November 2011}}