Wild Cherry
Wild cherry fruit is a whole food rich in polyphenols and anthocyanins. The bark contains naturally occurring cyanogenic glycosides (prunasin) that release small amounts of hydrogen cyanide when crushed; food-use extracts are processed to be safe and used in small flavoring quantities.
What it is
Fruit and bark of Prunus avium and P. serotina; used as whole fruit, flavoring extract, or syrup base.
Flavoring (often as natural extract from bark), juice, fruit ingredient.
Why it's flagged
- Cyanogenic glycosides in pits/bark
- Variable potency in extracts
What regulators actually say
"21 CFR 172.510 lists natural flavoring substances and adjuvants permitted as direct food additives, including wild cherry bark."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Wild cherry bark extract listed as flavoring (21 CFR 172.510).
European Union — EFSA
Cherry products authorized as foods; bark extracts regulated as flavorings.
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