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Black Carrot Juice

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Black carrot juice is a whole-food-derived natural colorant containing anthocyanins. Used as a clean-label alternative to certified synthetic dyes.

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What it is

Juice extracted from purple/black carrots (Daucus carota ssp. sativus var. atrorubens), rich in anthocyanins.

Natural color (red-purple) and source of antioxidants; alternative to synthetic red dyes.

What regulators actually say

"Fruit juice... may be safely used to color food generally, in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice."

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Color additive exempt from certification (fruit/vegetable juice); 21 CFR 73.250.

European Union — EFSA

Permitted as anthocyanins (E163) when standardized.

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