You're in luck: These plant-based colorings do a nifty job of turning your food green—just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Serious Eats / Kelli Solomon, Amanda Suarez It's that time of year when the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is adding two natural food dyes to the group replacing petroleum-based colors in the food ...

These plant-based colorings do a nifty job of turning your food green—just in time for St. Patrick's Day. We tested four different green food dyes, including pandan powder, matcha, spinach powder, and ...

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In a recent review published in the journal Foods, researchers in Spain and Portugal reviewed existing data on the potential of natural foods as coloring agents. Synthetic and natural artificial food ...

The FDA has approved another natural dye for use in foods, continuing its war on artificial, petroleum-based food colorings. The new color is gardinea blue and is extracted from the fruit of the ...

As brands ditch synthetic dyes like Red 40, it is not enough to go natural – the colors need to work across formulation, supply chain and stability demands Natural color makers like California Natural ...

Whether it is a scarlet raspberry sauce streaked across a white plate, a basketful of fresh oranges, or an elaborate wedding cake with a sugary waterfall of purple pansies, it is often the color of ...

Food coloring allows us to bring new life to intricately decorated sugar cookies, gelatin desserts, and the frosting used to decorate layer cakes and cupcakes—and so much more. They’re a fun way to ...