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FDA Approves Gardenia-Based Blue Dye for Use in Foods and Drinks
TUESDAY, July 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A natural blue food coloring made from gardenia fruit has been approved by the U.S.
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FDA Approves Blue Dye from Gardenia Plant, Encourages Faster Phase-Out of Red No. 3
Gardenia blue is the fourth color derived from natural sources approved by the FDA for use in foods in the last two months.
FDA adds new blue food dye from gardenia fruit
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the use of a new blue color additive from the gardenia fruit the ...
FDA approves gardenia blue for foods as ice cream industry may move to drop artificial dyes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted use the color gardenia (genipin) blue in various foods. Additionally, ice ...
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The FDA Approved a New Natural Food Dye. Here's How to Avoid the Artificial Ones
The FDA approved the fourth natural food color additive this year, but how can you avoid the artificial dyes still out there?
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The FDA Just Approved a New Blue Food Dye. Is It an Allergen?
Gardenia (genipin) blue is the fourth natural food color additive the FDA has approved this year, but how is it made?
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FDA approves natural color additive gardenia blue, asks for quicker phase-out of Red No. 3
The FDA has approved the natural color additive gardenia (genipin) blue for use in various foods and drinks at “levels ...
The FDA Just Approved Another Natural Food Dye for Use in Several Common Snacks and Drinks
The FDA just approved a new natural color additive for use in food, named gardenia (genipin) blue. This color is derived from the flowering evergreen plants, gardenias, and marks the fourth natural ...
FDA accepts MAHA-approved natural gardenia blue food dye
The Gardenia Blue Interest Group, which petitioned the government to approve the dye, has asked the FDA to make an exemption for the dye from being labeled as an allergen due to the soy protein. Soy ...
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FDA approves another naturally-derived color
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved gardenia (genipin) blue color for use in certain foods and beverages, making it the fourth color derived from natur ...
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FDA approves new color, encourages faster phase-out of Red No. 3
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it had granted Gardenia Blue Interest Group’s (GBIG) color additive petition ...
FDA approves new blue food dye derived from gardenia fruit
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new blue color additive derived from the fruit of the gardenia, a flowering evergreen. The color is approved for use in sports drinks, ...