Natural food colorings are in demand, but blue colors are rare in nature Researchers identified a natural blue anthocyanin in red cabbage UC Davis chemists developed an enzyme to make the blue color ...

A natural brilliant blue coloring has been discovered by an international team of researchers including chemists at the University of California, Davis. The new cyan blue, obtained from red cabbage, ...

Blue is the world's most popular color but the hue rarely appears in nature, so manufacturers have had to resort to artificial dyes and chemicals to create blue food. That could soon change, now that ...

It may seem like a basic color, but blue is actually rather rare in the natural world. That complicates the search for natural blue food colorings, but now a team of scientists has found a promising ...

Blue food has a bad rap for looking unnatural, but scientists have just discovered a cyan blue color that can be used as a natural alternative to synthetic blue food dye. The findings, which were ...

Coomassie Brilliant Blue, or Brilliant Blue G, is a dye first manufactured in 1913 as a way of staining cloth. Over time, and with testing, it made the jump to food. Is it bad for you? No. In fact, it ...

Are you embracing your 1/72th Irish heritage today? Instead of reaching for green food coloring when making green beer (which was St. Patrick's most cherished libation, according to drunk college ...

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it has granted approval of a new blue food coloring produced from the gardenia fruit, while urging food manufacturers to quickly abandon a synthetic ...