Natural colors for your candy and confectionery

Modern consumers want their confectionery to be made with natural colors. Plant-based coloring solutions can be used to deliver effective results in almost any application while maintaining natural ingredient lists.

The EXBERRY® range includes a full spectrum of vibrant shades with specialist options for challenging applications such as chocolate, hard-panned confectionery, and pressed tablets.

Our team can support you to identify an effective natural coloring solution for your project requirements.

Fruit gums and jellies

Color is key to gummy confectionery, with vibrant colors used to create treats in a variety of shapes and flavors.

Our plant-based food colors can deliver a diverse spectrum of bright shades in gelatin-, starch-, and pectin-based gummy candy.

The principal considerations for these products are pH and processing temperatures.

Example of EXBERRY® in fruit gums and jellies

Fruit gum in the color bright yellow — Shade Bright Yellow

Fruit gum in the color yellow — Shade Lemon Yellow

Fruit gum in the color yellow cloudy — Shade Yellow – Cloudy

Fruit gum in the color manderin orange — Shade Mandarin

Fruit gum in the color orange — Shade Orange – Stable

Fruit gum in the color red — Shade Rubescent Red

Fruit gum in the color pink red — Shade Pink Red

Fruit gum in the color purple plum — Shade Purple Plum

Fruit gum in the color jade green — Shade Jade Green

Fruit gum in the color blue — Shade Blue – HP

Aerated confectionery

Plant-based colors can be used to deliver enticing shades to aerated candy products including gums, pulled chews, toffees, and marshmallows.

The pH level is an important consideration when seeking to achieve certain food coloring shades, such as vibrant red, purple, and pink hues. In highly aerated gums, foamies, and marshmallows, more subtle, pastel shades will be achieved.

Our team can support you to identify an effective natural coloring solution for your project requirements.

Example of EXBERRY® in aerated confectionery

Yellow Aerated fruitgum — Shade Yellow – Cloudy

Orange, flower shaped aerated fruitgum — Shade Orange – Stable

Pink, flower shaped aerated fruitgum — Shade Rubescent Red

Red, flower shaped aerated fruitgum — Shade Vivid Red

Blue, flower shaped aerated fruitgum — Shade Blue – HP

Green, flower shaped aerated fruitgum — Shade Lime Green

Yellow marshmallows — Shade Bright Yellow

Pink marshmallows — Shade Brilliant Pink

Chocolate, compound coatings and fat-based

Adding color to chocolate is an increasingly popular way to deliver variety and showcase different flavors. Fat-based coatings, meanwhile, are frequently used in place of chocolate across applications including baked goods and cereal bars.

Our plant-based colors can deliver a beautiful array of shades in these applications. In chocolate, the color can be within the mass itself or feature as painted decoration on the surface or within sprayed decoration. Dustings and outer layers can also be colored.

It is also possible to achieve diverse spectrum in fat coatings, with the colors added directly to melted compound.

We offer specialist EXBERRY® food color products to deliver homogenous shades in these applications for increased visual impact. Get in touch to discover more.

Example of EXBERRY® in chocolate, compound and fat-based

Yellow colored chocolate — Shade Yellow – MN Powder

Orange colored chocolate — Shade Vivid Orange OS

Red colored chocolate — Shade Rubescent Red – MN Powder

Purple colored chocolate — Shade Pink – MN Powder

Blue colored chocolate — Shade Blue – MN Powder

Green colored chocolate — Shade Green – MN Powder

Magnum in the color yellow — Shade Yellow – OD

Magnum in the color orange — Shade Brilliant Orange – OD

Magnum in the color red — Shade Red – OD

Mangum in the color pink — Shade Pink – OD

Magnum in the color blue — Shade Blue – OD

Magnum in the color green — Shade Green – OD

High-boiled candies

High-boiled candy such as lollipops, candy canes, and rock benefit from eye-catching shades.

Plant-based EXBERRY® concentrates can be added to the syrup after heating to achieve an array of vibrant colors. Depending on the choice of shade, the pH level can be an important technical consideration in hard confectionery.

GNT’s experts can identify the best food coloring option for your project needs and provide full support throughout the process.

Example of EXBERRY® in high-boiled candies

High boiled candy in the color yellow — Shade Bright Yellow

High boiled candy in the color yellow cloudy — Shade Yellow – Cloudy

High boiled candy in the color orange — Shade Brilliant Orange

High boiled candy in the color sunstone orange — Shade Sunstone Orange

High boiled candy in the color veggie red — Shade Veggie Red

High boiled candy in the color rubescent red — Shade Rubescent Red

High boiled candy in the color vivid red — Shade Vivid Red

High boiled candy in the color brilliant pink — Shade Brilliant Pink

High boiled candy in the color purple plum — Shade Purple Plum

Panned confectionery

Plant-based food coloring can be used to achieve a complete spectrum of shades in hard-panned confectionery including pastilles and dragées as well as soft-panned candy such as jelly beans.

EXBERRY® has a Coloring Food range that has been developed specifically for use in hard-panned applications, delivering a homogeneous appearance to the colored shell. The pH level, water quality, and acidity are key considerations for certain shades.

For soft-panned applications, performance is dictated by the pH, dosage levels, heat applied and the final product packaging.

Whatever your project requirements, we will work with you to find an effective natural coloring solution.

Example of EXBERRY® in panned confectionery

Purple candy pearls — Shade Grape Blue – HP

Light blue candy pearls — Shade Blue – HP

Orange jelly beans — Shade Brilliant Orange

Pressed tablets

Our plant-based colors can be used to provide product differentiation in pressed confectionery products ranging from mints to tingling sherbets.

For pressed tablets we have two types of Coloring Food products available. EXBERRY® Micronized Powders are recommended for this application type as they are created with a very small particle size that allows for a homogenous shade. Our standard EXBERRY® powders can also be used to achieve a more speckled appearance if this is the target appearance.

Get in touch now to discuss your application requirements with the GNT team.

Example of EXBERRY® in compressed tablets and coatings

Pressed tablets lemon yellow — Shade Lemon Yellow Powder

Pressed tablets yellow — Shade Yellow – MN Powder

Bright yellow pressed tablets — Shade Bright Yellow Powder

Veggie Red pressed tablets — Shade Veggie Red Powder

Red pressed tablets — Shade Red – MN Powder

Bright Pink pressed tablets — Shade Fiesta Pink Powder

Pink pressed tablets — Shade Pink – MN Powder

Purple pressed tablets — Shade Purple – MN Powder

Green pressed tablets — Shade Green – MN Powder

Bright green pressed tablets — Shade Bright Green – MN Powder

Blue pressed tablets — Shade Blue – MN Powder

Bright blue pressed tablets — Shade Blue – MN Powder

Chewing gum

Chewing gum often features exciting flavors alongside shades such as purples, reds, pinks, and blues.

At the same time, demand is growing for chewing gum made with natural ingredients such as natural sugar alcohols.

Our natural food coloring solutions can deliver a wide range of vibrant and muted hues in chewing gum while meeting the rising demand for clean labels.

Speak to our Technical sales team to find out how colors made from non-GMO fruit, vegetables, and plants can take your products to the next level.

Natural colors for your candy and confectionery

Fruit gums and jellies

Example of EXBERRY® in fruit gums and jellies

Aerated confectionery

Example of EXBERRY® in aerated confectionery

Chocolate, compound coatings and fat-based

Example of EXBERRY® in chocolate, compound and fat-based

High-boiled candies

Example of EXBERRY® in high-boiled candies

Panned confectionery

Example of EXBERRY® in panned confectionery

Pressed tablets

Example of EXBERRY® in compressed tablets and coatings

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