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Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract
Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract
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Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a whole vegetable; its extracts are widely used as natural colorants and flavorings.
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What it is
Extract of common carrot root, used as a colorant/antioxidant ingredient and flavoring; carrot itself is a whole food.
Source of beta-carotene/color and natural flavoring.
What regulators actually say
"Carrot oil. (a) Identity. (1) The color additive carrot oil is the liquid or the solid portion of the mixture obtained by the hexane extraction of edible carrots (Daucus carota L.)."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
GRAS food/natural color (21 CFR 73.300 carrot oil; 21 CFR 182.20 flavoring)
European Union — EFSA
Permitted natural color/flavoring
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