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Natural Food Coloring & Plant-Based Colors

Brothers International is your trusted source for 100% plant-derived natural food colors for your manufacturing needs. As regulatory bodies restrict synthetic FD&C colors, natural food coloring has become the preferred alternative for major food and beverage manufacturers.

We provide vibrant, clean-label alternatives derived from natural fruits, vegetables, and botanicals; engineered to deliver brilliant visual appeal, heat and light stability, and consumer-trusted labeling.

Brothers International is proud to offer various fruit juices and concentrates as USDA Organic certified.

Natural Food Colors can be supplied as organic upon request

Confectionery, Gummies & Bakery

Our natural food colorings deliver brilliant reds, yellows, greens, and purples to gummies, hard candies, icings, and baked goods. Formulated to withstand high baking temperatures and sugar-boiling processes without color fading or batter bleed.

Beverages, RTD Juices & Dairy

Heat- and pH-stable liquid and powder color solutions engineered specifically for functional beverages, craft sodas, plant-based milks, yogurts, and frozen desserts. They integrate seamlessly into liquid matrices without sedimentation or ring formation.

Prepared Foods, Sauces & Snacks

Vibrant, culinary-grade natural food coloring solutions for extruded snacks, plant-based meat alternatives, dressings, sauces, and seasonings requiring rich, natural visual appeal that matches real-food expectations.

Replacing Synthetic Colors

Natural Food Coloring Solutions

With increasing FDA restrictions and state-level bans on synthetic color additives (including Red #3, Red #4, Yellow #5, Yellow #6, and Blue #2) food and beverage brand owners are rapidly reformulating toward clean-label, plant-derived color solutions for a huge number of manufacturing applications.

By leveraging natural anthocyanins, carotenoids, betalains, and chlorophylls, R&D teams can seamlessly replace artificial colors with vibrant pigments sourced straight from nature.

  • Direct FD&C Synthetic Color Alternatives: We provide matching shades for targeted FD&C colors—utilizing Black Carrot and Beetroot for Red #3 and #4, Turmeric and Beta-Carotene for Yellow #5, Paprika for Yellow #6, and Spirulina or Red Cabbage for Blue #2 and green blends.

  • 100% Clean-Label Ingredient Declarations: Modern consumers scrutinize ingredient lists. Transitioning to natural food colorings allows brands to replace chemical numbers with trusted declarations like “Colored with Fruit and Vegetable Juice,” “Turmeric for Color,” or “Elderberry Extract.”

  • Engineered Heat, Light & pH Stability: Natural pigments vary by environment. Our standardized color formulations are micro-encapsulated or pH-buffered to maintain shade integrity through pasteurization, shelf-life light exposure, and acidic beverage conditions.

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Decades of Experience in

Fit For Purpose Sourcing

Not every manufacturing line requires the same solubility, heat tolerance, or tinting strength; an extruded snack, a crystal-clear RTD seltzer, and a high-boiled gummy each demand distinct pigment particle sizes, oil/water dispersion traits, and heat thresholds.

Rather than offering a rigid off-the-shelf catalog, our global sourcing and formulation network matches the botanical origin and processing method to your precise production parameters.

Whether you need a water-soluble liquid Purple Carrot concentrate to replace Red #3 in high-acid beverages, or a heat-stable spray-dried Turmeric powder for baked goods, we match the source to your objective. We deliver natural colors that fit your exact formulation requirements.

  • Flavor-Neutral Extract Processing: Our natural fruit and vegetable colorants undergo specialized de-flavoring processes to remove native aromas and tastes, ensuring your final product retains its intended flavor profile without botanical interference.

  • Standardized Color Strength & Shade Matching: We standardize pigment density (Color Value / ICU) across every batch to ensure absolute visual uniformity from run to run.

Authentic Plant-Based Color Integrity

100% Natural Food Coloring

As international fruit experts, we’ve spent over 25 years supplying the food and beverage industry with premium botanical feedstocks. Our natural food colorings provide the bridge between strict regulatory compliance and the bright, appetizing visual appeal modern consumers demand.

  • 100% Synthetic-Free: Free from artificial coal-tar colors, petroleum derivatives, and chemical carriers—delivering pure, plant-derived visual intensity.

  • Versatile Liquid & Powder Formats: Available in water-soluble liquids, oil-dispersible liquids, and spray-dried powders for easy incorporation into any production matrix.

Natural food coloring replacement combinations for synthetic dyes across the red and pink color spectrum (contact us to help define the right color substitutions.)

  • Black Carrot + Red Beetroot: Delivers a vibrant ruby-to-magenta red. Black carrot provides low-pH stability in beverages, while beetroot adds depth to neutral-pH applications like dairy and gummies.

  • Red Radish + Apple Concentrate: Produces an electric pinkish-red shade. Radish anthocyanins offer high heat and light stability, with apple acting as a flavor-neutral carrier base.

  • Purple Sweet Potato + Red Cabbage: Yields a heat-stable, violet-red hue ideal for high-temperature baking, baked goods, and extruded cereals.

  • Hibiscus + Elderberry: Creates a rich berry red with strong acid stability, widely used in RTD functional beverages, jellies, and fruit preps.

  • Tomato (Lycopene) + Beetroot: Provides a deep, warm brick-red suited for fat-based systems, sauces, dressings, and plant-based meat analogs.

  • Dark Sweet Cherry + Black Currant: Delivers a deep burgundy shade with natural tartness, popular in syrups, fruit fillings, and confectionery.

Natural food coloring replacement combinations for synthetic dyes across the yellow and orange color spectrum (contact us to help define the right color substitutions.)

  • Turmeric + Yellow Carrot: Replaces FD&C Yellow #5 with a brilliant, golden lemon-yellow. Excellent for baked goods, pasta, and dry beverage mixes.

  • Beta-Carotene (Carrot) + Pumpkin: Offers a soft warm-yellow to light-orange shade that is highly stable in dairy, ice cream, and soups.

  • Paprika Extract + Orange Carrot: Replaces FD&C Yellow #6 with a bright, sunset-orange hue. Ideal for savory snack coatings, cheese seasonings, and dressings.

  • Annatto + Turmeric: Provides a robust cheddar-orange shade engineered for oil-soluble, high-fat processing environments.

  • Marigold (Lutein) + White Grape: Yields a clean, translucent yellow designed for clear beverages, gummies, and hard candies.

  • Mango + Passionfruit Concentrate: Offers a soft pastel peach-orange that provides both natural color and functional solids in smoothies and sorbets.

Natural food coloring replacement combinations for synthetic dyes across the blue and purple color spectrum (contact us to help define the right color substitutions.)

  • Spirulina + Apple Concentrate: Delivers a bright sky-blue to electric blue for low-temperature processing like frostings, ice cream, and gummies.

  • Red Cabbage (pH-Adjusted) + Purple Sweet Potato: Creates a denim-to-royal blue shade capable of maintaining stability across neutral-pH ranges.

  • Huito (Jagua) + Watermelon: Provides a heat- and acid-stable natural blue blend suitable for clear sports drinks and acidic RTD beverages.

  • Blueberry + Concord Grape Skin: Delivers deep indigo and royal purple shades for yogurt fruit preps, preserves, and fruit snacks.

Natural food coloring replacement combinations for synthetic dyes across the green and brown color spectrum (contact us to help define the right color substitutions.)

  • Spirulina + Turmeric: The industry standard for bright apple-green hues in confectioneries, frostings, and frozen novelty desserts.

  • Red Cabbage + Yellow Carrot: Yields an acid-stable lime-to-olive green specifically formulated for low-pH beverages and RTD teas.

  • Black Carrot + Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin: Produces a deep, rich forest green suited for mints, hard candies, and baked goods.

  • Caramelized Apple + Malted Pear: Replaces artificial caramel colors with a warm amber-to-dark brown shade ideal for sauces, gravies, and beverages.

Brothers International is your source for high-quality turmeric NFC juice and turmeric puree.
Naturally Reformulate Production

Premium Natural Colors  F.A.Q.

Regulatory actions by the FDA, legislative bans at state levels, and shifting consumer demand are forcing a market-wide phase-out of artificial petroleum-based colors. Major retailers and consumer brands are actively replacing these synthetic color additives with clean-label, fruit- and vegetable-derived colorants to comply with new safety regulations and meet consumer expectations for natural ingredients.

No. Our industrial-grade natural food colorings undergo a filtration and de-flavoring process that removes the natural sugars, acids, and aromatic volatiles of the source fruit or vegetable. This yields a concentrated pigment that imparts rich color without altering your product’s flavor or aroma.

While synthetic colors are chemically inert, natural pigments behave differently based on heat, light, and pH. For instance, anthocyanins (from carrots and berries) thrive in acidic environments, while carotenoids (from paprika and turmeric) offer excellent heat stability in baked goods. By selecting the correct botanical source and utilizing the proper formats, natural colors can match or exceed the required shelf-life performance of synthetic options.

Our team of fruit and vegetable experts can help with this process.

In most markets (including FDA guidelines for color additives exempt from certification), natural fruit and vegetable colorants are declared clean-label as “Colored with Fruit Juice,” “Vegetable Juice for Color,” or by their specific botanical source (e.g., “Turmeric Extract (Color)” or “Spirulina Extract for Color”). This eliminates artificial numbers (like Red #3 or Yellow #5) from your label entirely.