Black Carrot
Also known as: black carrots
Black carrot is a whole-food vegetable rich in anthocyanins and other polyphenols. Used both as a food and as a natural color additive.
What it is
A purple-black variety of carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) rich in anthocyanins; used as both food and natural color source.
Eaten as vegetable; concentrate used as natural purple/red food coloring.
What regulators actually say
"The color additive vegetable juice is the liquid expressed from any of the following vegetables (or mixture)... including black carrot."
"Anthocyanins (E 163) including those from black carrot are reviewed by EFSA and considered safe at typical use levels."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
GRAS as food; permitted as color additive (vegetable juice) under 21 CFR 73.260
European Union — EFSA
Permitted; anthocyanin extracts approved as E163
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