{"id":11770,"date":"2025-05-11T08:35:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T15:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=11770"},"modified":"2025-05-12T07:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:11:06","slug":"fda-approves-3-new-natural-food-colors-to-replace-petroleum-dyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/fda-approves-3-new-natural-food-colors-to-replace-petroleum-dyes\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Approves 3 New Natural Food Colors to Replace Petroleum Dyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Headline article below) I found this article interesting for several reasons, as we buy taffy from Natural Grocers with natural food coloring, so why were these not approved for food? Sounds like this was to make sure the petrochemicals were used. And I don&#8217;t trust the government or the OCGFC who run them, so what is lurking in these newly approved &#8220;natural&#8221; food coloring additives? This paragraph perhpas holds the clue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNatural ingredients developed with the help of <strong>biotechnology<\/strong> hold the promise of delivering better, cleaner and more enticing food experiences for consumers,\u201d Raja Chouket from Sense Colour said. \u201cThis approval will allow us to advance into production and commercialization, making this long-awaited solution available to the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking into the Givaudan Sense Colour, they were acquired by DuPont in 2019 with institutional holders listed below. Fermentalg had private investors leading to their IPO, but since on the French stock exchange I couldn&#8217;t easily find the institutional holders, but probably similar to DuPont, the OCGFC funds. So I&#8217;m not trusting these new &#8220;natural&#8221; food coloring additives. For all of <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/06\/rfk-jr-controlled-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bobby the Op<\/a>&#8216;s words and truth telling, he&#8217;s not really getting much done, and the OCGFC are going to continue poisoning us. And it would seem they orchestrated this drama to bring you something that is probably worse under the guise that it&#8217;s healthier, which is just marketing to make their highly processed foods seem better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6.png 883w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/nation\/states\/center-square\/fda-approves-3-new-natural-food-colors-replace-petroleum-dyes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/justthenews.com\/nation\/states\/center-square\/fda-approves-3-new-natural-food-colors-replace-petroleum-dyes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_a06b8b4d-7aa3-4dba-aba7-53f9722e3ea1\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Butterfly pea flower extract, Galdieria extract blue, and calcium phosphate have now received approval or expanded approval for use in a variety of snacks and beverages, the latest step forward in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy\u2019s plan to substitute synthetic dyes.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>By Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Boudreaux<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The Center Square) &#8211; Three naturally-derived food coloring additives are set to replace some petroleum-based dyes in the American food and medicine supply, per an announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Butterfly pea flower extract, Galdieria extract blue, and calcium phosphate have now received approval or expanded approval for use in a variety of snacks and beverages, the latest step forward in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy\u2019s plan to substitute synthetic dyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For too long, our food system has relied on synthetic, petroleum-based dyes that offer no nutritional value and pose unnecessary health risks,\u201d Kennedy said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re removing these dyes and approving safe, natural alternatives \u2013 to protect families and support healthier choices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, the FDA and HHS announced a phaseout timeline for petroleum-based food additives \u2013 which are <a href=\"https:\/\/oehha.ca.gov\/media\/downloads\/risk-assessment\/report\/healthefftsassess041621.pdf\">correlated with several health problems in children<\/a> \u2013 and promised to accelerate the approval process of natural alternatives to assist the transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American food industry has until the end of 2025 to remove Green No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1 and Blue No. 2 from their products, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_f22df217-0160-4243-ac56-14504d28ac7f.html\">The Center Square reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Butterfly pea flower extract is an antioxidant-rich coloring derived from flower petals that can produce blues, purples, and greens. Already approved for use in candies, beverages, dairy products and gum, the FDA\u2019s decision expands allowable use for cereals, snack mixes, and chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galdieria extract blue, which produces a color similar to petroleum-based Blue 1 but is derived from red microalgae Galdieria sulphuraria, has been approved for candies and multiple fruit and dairy related foods, including juices, smoothies, frozen desserts, puddings, whipped toppings, and frostings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food ingredient companies Givaudan Sense Colour and Fermentalg, celebrated the FDA\u2019s decision as it allows for expanded use of their product Everzure\u2122 Galdieria, a natural color additive made from Galdieria sulphuraria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNatural ingredients developed with the help of biotechnology hold the promise of delivering better, cleaner and more enticing food experiences for consumers,\u201d Raja Chouket from Sense Colour said. \u201cThis approval will allow us to advance into production and commercialization, making this long-awaited solution available to the market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calcium phosphate, a natural compound found in bones and teeth, is now approved for use of white colorant in ready-to-eat chicken products, white candy melts, doughnut sugar, and sugar for coated candies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn April 22, I said the FDA would soon approve several new color additives and would accelerate our review of others,\u201d FDA Commissioner Martin Makary said Friday. \u201cFDA staff have been moving quickly to expedite the publication of these decisions, underscoring our serious intent to transition away from petroleum-based dyes in the food supply and provide new colors from natural sources.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Headline article below) I found this article interesting for several reasons, as we buy taffy from Natural Grocers with natural food coloring, so why were these not approved for food? Sounds like this was to make sure the petrochemicals were used. And I don&#8217;t trust the government or the OCGFC who run them, so what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11770"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11782,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11770\/revisions\/11782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}