Natural Food & Feed Colours

The trend towards 'natural' foods, has led in recent years to the substitution of synthetic by natural or nature-identical colours in many food products and feeds.

In this survey we have discussed regulatory aspects for colours in the EU. In a subsequent section we review the technology, applications, output producers, prices, markets and outlook by 2015 for the following food and feed colours:

• annatto
• anthocyanins
• astaxanthin
• beet juice [betanin]
• -ß-apo-carotenal
• -ß-carotene
• canthaxanthin
• capsanthin [paprika extract]
• caramel
• cochineal/carmine
• lutein [tagetes extract]
• lycopene