In recent years, the replacement of synthetic colorants with natural ones has attracted
increasing consumers' and market interest. Natural colorants include different groups of …

Natural colorants have emerged as an alternative to their synthetic counterparts due to an
existing health concern of these later. Moreover, natural-food colorants are a renewable …

This review will discuss, under the Circular Economy and Biorefinery concepts, the
performance of the alternative solvents in the downstream process to recover natural …

Worldwide, approaches inspired by the Circular Economy model have been increasing
steadily, generating new business opportunities such as the recovery of high‐added value …

Highlights•Natural food pigments are actively studied because of potential health benefits.•A
diversity of plant and microbial sources has been reported.•Processing effects have been …

Color additives are important for the food industry to improve sensory quality lost during food
process and to expand the variety of products. In general, artificial colorants have lower cost …

Introduction Natural colour additives are increasingly used as alternatives to synthetic
colours in food and drink. This is partly a reaction to concerns on the safety of certain …

Although there is no legal and clear definition of the term “natural food colorant”, the market
trends, and consequently industrial and commercial interest, have turned to foods with …

Consumers are avoiding foods containing synthetic colourants, which lead food industries to
replace them by natural pigments. Food colorants may be classified into synthetic, nature …

Whether we are purchasing fresh vegetables from a market stall, ready meals from the
supermarket, eating at home or in a five‐star restaurant, we use colour to tell us what to …