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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.
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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FDA Approves Another Natural Color: Gardenia (Genipin) Blue
That makes four natural color additives approved by the new administration, which also encouraged processors to hasten the ...
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FDA approves gardenia blue as natural food color additive
The FDA approves gardenia blue as a natural food color additive, marking another step toward eliminating synthetic dyes from the food supply. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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 ...
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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 ...
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Turkey Hill will phase out artificial dye, use new FDA approved blue food dye in ice cream
Dozens of companies — including Lancaster County-based Turkey Hill — are pledging to remove artificial dyes from their products by 2027.
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 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, ...