Editing Curcumin (section)

==Uses==
[[File:Kurkumina.jpg|thumb|Curcumin powder]]
The most common applications are as an ingredient in [[dietary supplement]], in [[cosmetics]], as flavoring for foods, such as turmeric-flavored beverages in [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]],<ref name=":0" /> and as coloring for foods, such as [[curry powder]]s, [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]]s, [[butter]]s, and [[cheese]]s. As a [[food additive]] for orange-yellow coloring in prepared foods, its [[E number]] is E{{nbs}}100 in the European Union.<ref name="fanl">{{cite web |author= European Commission |author-link= European Commission |title= Food Additives |url= https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/foods_system/main/index.cfm?event=substance.view&identifier=5 |access-date= February 15, 2014 |archive-date= October 8, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221008043354/https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/foods_system/main/index.cfm?event=substance.view&identifier=5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2012R0231:20121129:EN:PDF|title=Curcumin, E 100, page 9|publisher=Specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament|date=March 9, 2012|access-date=July 24, 2019 }}</ref> It is also approved by the U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] to be used as a [[food coloring]] in US.<ref>{{cite web |title=CFR – Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 |url=https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=73.600 |website=www.accessdata.fda.gov}}</ref>

Curcumin is used as a [[complexometric indicator]] for [[boron]].<ref name=pubchem/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nemi.gov/methods/method_summary/5279/ |title=EPA-NERL: 212.3: Boron by Colorimetry – Boron (Colorimetric, Curcumin) |date=1974 |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=National Environmental Methods Index |author=National Exposure Research Laboratory (EPA-NERL) |author-link=National Exposure Research Laboratory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203100710/https://www.nemi.gov/methods/method_summary/5279/ |archive-date=2017-02-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> It reacts with [[boric acid]] to form a red-colored compound, [[rosocyanine]].