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Rainbow cake made with various food colorants

New Food Colorants for 2017

When it comes to adding new food colorants to the palette, the future looks bright
Winston Boyd
Winston Boyd PhD
February 17, 2017

Natural ingredients are the gold standard in the food and beverage industry today, and food colorants are no exception.


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Naturally red and purple carrots have extended the root's use as a colorant source beyond traditional orange and yellow

Natural Food Colors in Product Development

Where food colorants are concerned, there are unstoppable changes afoot in the industry
Winston Boyd
Winston Boyd PhD
June 17, 2016

The “natural colors only” movement resulted in sweeping reductions in the use of synthetic colorants and, understandably, a concurrent rise in interest in naturally derived food colorants.


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Coloring Within the Lines

The appearance of any food or beverage has an enormous impact on the consumer’s evaluation of its quality, freshness, palatability and healthfulness
Winston Boyd
Winston Boyd PhD
April 9, 2015
When a chef prepares a dish, he/she pays attention to more than just execution of a recipe or cooking process.
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Healthy Food Colors

Carotenoids for Color
Elizabeth Pelofske, Contributing Editor
January 14, 2015
The idea of “safe” or “healthy” food colors is not new. Fueled in part by popular mythology about “unsafe” food coloring and hyperactivity in children, consumers remain choosy about color ingredients in food. Attendees at a recent Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminar learned about carotenoid color options
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Natural Color Shades

Sensient Color’s new Pure-S Naturals help manufacturers overcome flavor off-notes and create vivid natural color shades
December 1, 2014
Sensient Colors, a division of Sensient Technologies, has introduced a new line of natural colors under the Pure-S™ brand. These innovative new natural colorants open up the possibility of employing some of the most vibrant botanical shades nature has to offer.
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Healthful Colors: Where Palette Meets Palate

November 1, 2012
Consumer acceptance of food colorants has shifted as attention to coloring ingredients increases. For this reason, there has been a growing demand for colorants in foods and beverages to be “natural.” The legal definitions of what is natural when it comes to color have been a source of confusion for consumers and manufacturers alike.
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