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• A natural vegetable dye used to give many cheese varieties
• A vegetable extract deriving from achiote seeds that is used to color a cheese red
• (Mexican) Small, dark red seed used by the Maya Indians to color and flavor food
• (Bixa orellana), tree native to the New World tropics and the only species of the family Bixaceae
• A colouring agent used to colour a great variety of cheeses ranging from English Cheddar to the French Maroilles
• A yellowish-red dye obtained from the pulp enclosing the seeds of this tree, used for coloring fabrics, butter
• Annatto, sometimes called roucou or achiote, is derived from the seeds of the achiote trees of tropical and subtropical regions around the world

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