We now know that natural red dye comes from bugs, but what's the story behind all the blue food we put into our mouths? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved seven artificial ...

could be an alternative to synthetic blue food colorings such as the widely used FD&C Blue No. 1. The work is published April 7 in Science Advances. “Blue colors are really quite rare in nature – a ...

A long search for a natural alternative to artificial blue food colouring may have come to an end, with scientists discovering a blue pigment in cabbage that can do the job. Blue pigments are ...

A natural food ... the blue color fades." This research was funded by U.S. Department of Agriculture (National Institute of Food and Agriculture), and CHESS is supported by the National Science ...

That complicates the search for natural blue food colorings, but now a team of scientists has found a promising candidate hiding in red cabbage. For decades, concerns have been raised about the ...

Good news, then, for blue food ... can expect from food manufacturers. “The ingredients used in America’s food supply have been rigorously studied following an objective science and risk ...

Quirks and Quarks8:37‘Where’s the blue food?’ Scientists find source for ... Their study was published in the journal Science Advances. Pam Denish, a biophysics PhD candidate at the ...

A new 'healthier blue food colouring' could be possible in the future thanks to a metallic fruit that uses fat and reflection to generate a nutritious blue colour. Most foods lack the pigment ...