Food Grade Colors

Food_Grade_Colors1Attract mainstream buyers with naturally appealing colors and textures. Bring out the full flavor and appearance of beverages and food for health conscious consumers. Make dairy products appear whiter or brighter.

Our complete line of colors offers a rainbow of natural and conventional choices at competitive prices.

  • Organic and Organic-compliant
  • Available with fortification and opacification
  • Full range of traditional colors from annatto, beet, black carrot, cochineal, elderberry, grape color & extract, paprika, and turmeric, as well as certified colors
  • Low-odor anthocyanin colors from red cabbage and purple sweet potato
  • Micronized carmine colors for brighter shades at lower cost
  • Water dispersible titanium dioxide for whiter whites
  • Heat and Light Stable Shades for acid, yogurt and high protein beverages
  • Natural Antioxidants & Hydrocolloids
  • Custom Blends

Natural and Nature Identical Colors

  • Alfalfa
  • Annatto Color
  • Beet Juice Color
  • β-Carotene Color
  • Black Carrot Color
  • Canthaxanthin Color
  • Carmine Color
  • Carminic Acid Color / Cochineal Extract Color
  • Carrot Oil
  • Chlorophyll Color / Chlorophyllin Color
  • Curcumin Color / Turmeric Oleoresin Color
  • Elderberry Juice Color
  • Gardenia Yellow Color
  • Grape Juice Color
  • Grape Skin Extract Color
  • Paprika Oleoresin Color
  • Purple Sweet Potato Color
  • Red Cabbage Juice Color
  • Red Radish Juice Color
  • Saffron Color
  • Spirulina Blue
  • Pearl Pigments (NEW)

Natural Plant-derived Pigments

Pigment  |  Coloring principle from plant origin:

  • Purple |  Anthocyanins – Red Cabbage
  • Blue |  Anthocyanins – Red Cabbage
  • Turquoise |  Anthocyanins – Red Cabbage
  • Red   |  Beet Red
  • Yellow  | Curcuma (Turmeric)
  • Orange |  Annatto – Bixin
  • Green   |  Cu-Chlorophyllin
  • Light Green  |  Red Cabbage and Curcuma
  • Dark Brown (charcoal)  |  Caramel Color
  • Medium Brown (slight red tint)  |  Caramel Color
  • Light Brown (slight yellow tint)  |  Caramel Color

Synthetic Colors

Synthetic Dyes:                        

  • FD & C Red No. 40
  • FD & C Yellow No. 5
  • FD & C Yellow No. 6
  • FD & C Blue No. 1
  • FD & C Blue No. 2
  • FD & C Red No. 3
  • FD & C Green No. 3
  • Amaranth
  • Ponceau 4R

Synthetic Lakes:                        

  • FD & C Red No. 40
  • FD & C Yellow No. 5
  • FD & C Yellow No. 6
  • FD & C Blue No. 1
  • FD & C Blue No. 2