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Flavor Maker Finds Natural Blue

by Melody Voith
May 4, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 18

Wild Flavors says it has developed an acid-stable, naturally derived, blue food coloring. Achieving a nonsynthetic blue colorant for acidic foods and beverages, such as soda, has been difficult because commonly used anthocyanins extracted from fruits and vegetables turn red in acidic environments (C&EN, Dec. 15, 2008, page 18). The company says its new blue, manufactured completely with compounds extracted from fresh fruit, stays true in a pH range of 2.5 to 8.0.

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