Food colorants serve the function of making food appear vibrant, appealing, and attractive, and have been used to enhance the color of food for centuries. Let’s join PEROMA to distinguish between natural and synthetic colorants to understand more and help you choose the right products!
INTRODUCING COLORANTS
Colorants are substances used to add color to various materials. They can be used in various fields, including industries, arts, food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

TYPES OF CURRENT COLORANTS
Natural Colors
These are products derived from nature such as Momordica cochinchinensis (gac fruit), Bixa orellana (annatto seeds), or pandan leaves. These colors have been used in food processing since ancient times. They come in liquid and powder forms. Natural colorants derived from food sources not only make dishes visually appealing but also provide beneficial nutrients for the body, with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties, and support in preventing digestive tract cancers. Natural colors such as green, purple, red, and yellow all contain beneficial natural components for health. For example, purple color contains anthocyanins, which have antioxidant properties and help prevent arterial plaque buildup; yellow color from turmeric contains curcumin, which has anticancer effects.
Red color (Sweet Gourd fruit)
Yellow color (turmeric)
Green color (pandan leaves)
Purple color (butterfly pea flower)
Black color (sesame leaves)

Synthetic Colors
These are used in food by means of chemical synthesis. Synthetic colorants have high color stability and are therefore widely used. There are many different types available on the market, with a small amount achieving the desired color requirements, but they can cause poisoning if impure or not permitted for use in food.

Some synthetic colorants include:
Amaranth (red)
Brilliant blue (blue)
Sunset yellow (orange-yellow)
Tartrazine (lemon yellow)
Allura red (red)
Taro (purple)
Green apple (green)
Cloudy agent (white)
PEROMA takes pride in over 20 years with a highly specialized R&D team, rich experience, advanced technology, leading market trends, and modern equipment, automated production lines ensuring compliance with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, HALAL, KOSHER standards, etc. PEROMA is considered the leading supplier of quality Natural Colorants and Synthetic Colorants safe today, also providing various types of natural essential oils, concentrates, extracts, and food flavorings, diverse wholesale cosmetics ingredients, catering to the needs of usage or business purposes. Furthermore, PEROMA also conducts research on formulas according to the specific requirements of customers.
Through the article provided above, readers have surely distinguished between Natural Colorants and Synthetic colorants. Don’t forget to contact PEROMA to acquire the safest, highest quality, and most reputable colorant products!
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