"Food colorants" is a term that refers to substances added to food to give it different colors. They are used to make food look more appealing or to replace natural colors that may have been lost during processing. Full definition
They are approved for use as food colorants in the US, EU, Japan and Australia. (fb101.com)
While FDA approved, we recognize the growing desire of dog owners to use more natural sources of food colorants in their pet's food. (pedigree.com)
To find out more about the origins of blue food colorants used today, we spoke with Hamish McNab, a chemist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland who specializes in the heterocyclic compounds used to produce a range of dyes. (scientificamerican.com)