Vegetable Concentrate
Also known as: vegetable concentrates
Vegetable concentrate is a generic umbrella term. Some 'concentrates' (e.g., carrot, beet) function as natural colors and may contain naturally occurring nitrates.
What it is
Generic umbrella term for concentrated vegetable juice or paste used as flavoring or coloring.
Coloring, flavoring, or nutrient source in processed foods.
Why it's flagged
- Celery and other vegetable concentrates used as cured-meat colors may supply naturally occurring nitrates that convert to nitrite
What regulators actually say
"Vegetable juice powders/concentrates used in cured meats can be natural sources of nitrate/nitrite."
"Coloring foodstuffs (e.g. concentrates from edible vegetables) are not classified as additives under Regulation 1333/2008."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Conventional food ingredients; specific identity depends on source.
European Union — EFSA
Permitted; coloring foodstuffs guidance applies (Reg. 1333/2008).
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