Cornell food scientists have created a natural blue food dye made of algae protein that could replace petroleum-based artificial food colorants with a stable, adaptable option. The research was ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last week that it had approved a new blue food dye derived from the fruit of the Gardenia plant. The additive is approved for use in sports drinks ...

As part of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement’s efforts to replace artificial, petroleum-based food dyes with natural ones, the US Food and Drug Administration says it has approved the use of ...

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 ...

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July 14 (UPI) --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the use of a new blue color additive from the gardenia fruit, the fourth coloring from natural sources added in the last two ...

Popular American foods like a packet of Skittles and a box of Fruit Loops could soon look a little different as companies race to strip products of artificial dyes and swap in natural colorants to ...