The US Food and Drug Administration announced today that it granted three new color additive petitions that will expand the color palette available from natural sources for manufacturers to use safe in food.

The FDA is in accordance with the priority of the United States Ministry of Health and Social Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“Today, we are making a major step to make America again healthy,” said HHS secretary Kennedy. “For too long, our food system is based on oil -based synthetic dyes that offer no nutritional value and pose unnecessary health risks. We remove these dyes and approve natural and natural alternatives – to protect families and support healthier choices.”

Since the announcement of the HHS and the FDA last month at a press conference at the HHS on oil -based food coloring, more American food manufacturers have committed to withdraw them within the fixed time of the FDA from the end of next year.

“On April 22, I said that the FDA would soon approve of several new color additives and accelerated our examination of others. I am happy to point out that the promises made were held, quickly said the FDA commissioner Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH” FDA staff moved to send the publication of these decisions, which underlines our new colors.

The petitions of an approved color additive today are for:

• Galdieria blue extract, a blue color derived from unicellular red algae galdieria sulphuraria. The FDA has approved the color additive for use in non -alcoholic drinks and drinking bases, fruit drinks, fruit smoothies, fruit juices, vegetable juices, smoothies based on dairy products, milk clogs and flavored milks, yogurt, replacement of milk and nutritional drinks Breakfast, hard drinks, covers and ranges of hollows and flavored genes, Armacer Crènes and ranges of sofs desserted cantochons, frozen fruits, ice cream and icy lollipops, gelatin desserts, puddings and calculations, and whipped cream, yogurt, frozen or liquid sea non -dairy alternatives) and whipped garnishes (including non -dairy alternatives). The petition was submitted by the French company Fermentalg.
• Extract from butterfly pea, a blue color that can be used to obtain a range of shades, including brilliant bruises, intense purple greens and natural green vegetables. Produced by the extraction of water from dried flower petals from the butterfly pea plant, this color additive is already approved for use in sports drinks, fruit drinks, fruit and vegetable juices, alcoholic drinks, dairy drinks, ready -to -drink teas, nutritional drinks, gums, candy, ice cream, ice cream and yogurt. Today’s approval of a petition by Sensient Colors LLC, based in St. Louis, widens the approved use to color ready -to -eat cereals, crackers, snack mixtures, hard Bretzels, natural potato pits (restructured or baked), corn chips, tortilla beams and multi -spat
• Calcium phosphate, a white color approved for use in chicken products ready to eat, white candies, cast iron, donut sugar and sugar for coated candies. The petition was deposited by Innophos Inc. de Cranbury, New Jersey.

Under the federal law on food, drugs and cosmetics (chapter VII, article 721), colors additives are subject to FDA approval to determine if they are safe before they are used in food. The FDA determines whether an additive is sure to use by considering the human food exposure projected to the color additive, the additive toxicological data and other relevant information, such as published literature. Once the FDA has approved an additive color petition, any manufacturer can use the coloring for approved uses.

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