• With Candurin® Gold Sparkle, Merck is expanding its range of food colorants

• Merck Laboratory Business presents innovations in food analysis

Darmstadt — The global exhibition “Food Ingredients Europe (FiE)” is opening next week in Frankfurt. Merck is also participating with a booth in this event that will be held from November 17 to 19, 2009. The focus will be on innovative product solutions and services for the food industry that meet the industry’s high requirements.

Candurin® – mineral pearl effect colors for the food industry

At this year’s FiE, Merck is presenting Candurin® Gold Sparkle, which features a new, elegant gold effect and with which Merck is expanding its exquisite range of pearl effect colors for the food industry. Due to its special particle size, Candurin® Gold Sparkle has a brilliant glitter that imparts a noble, glamorous look to chocolates, pastries, fruit gums, candies, desserts, ice cream, sauces and beverages. This offers confectionery producers and other food manufacturers a high potential for differentiating their products.

From silver, gold and inference tones to red and bronze: Candurin® pearl effect colors are distinguished by their excellent stability and their ideal combinability with other colorants. They are manufactured in compliance with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and fulfill international safety standards for foods and pharmaceuticals. The mineral, non-synthetic Candurin® pearl effect colors are based on natural silicate and are thus in keeping with the trend topic of the FiE 2009: “Natural Ingredients”.

New methods and technologies in food analysis

In addition, Merck is showcasing a new colorimeter (Colorimeter Spectroquant® Picco Cl2 / O3 / ClO2 / CyA / pH), which can be used as a portable on-site instrument for disinfectant control. Merck is also presenting new, easy-to-use rapid tests for checking chemical parameters of incoming raw materials and in the handling of drinking, process and waste water as well as the detection of salmonellae or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). As a leading supplier of laboratory chemicals and analytical methods for food safety, Merck is thus making an important contribution to the top topics of the food industry.

Around 90,000 visitors from over 90 countries are expected to attend the “Food Ingredients Europe 2009” in Frankfurt. More than 1,100 exhibitors are showcasing their products in the fields of food ingredients and additives, as well as laboratory technology, product safety and quality assurance. Merck KGaA is utilizing the trade event to prove its expertise in solutions for the food industry. At the Merck booth in Hall 8, booth 8E1, experts from research & development and from sales will be available to answer any questions from visitors.

More information on Merck’s product range is available at www.Merck4Food.com