Natural colors (Color)
How it's written on Korean labels 천연 색소베타카로틴파프리카추출색소치자황색소치자청색소홍국색소안나토커큐민비트레드스피루리나
What is this additive?
Colors from plants, microbes and similar sources.
Common General information worth knowing. Not counted in the score.
What is it used for?
- Adds or restores color. Doesn't affect taste or shelf life.
Safety summary
JECFA hasn't set a single ADI for this entry (it groups several substances or isn't an evaluated additive).
In Korea it may be used only within the food-by-food limits in the MFDS Food Additives Code.
Sources: JECFA database (FAO/WHO) · Food Safety Korea (MFDS Food Additives Code, Korean)
Permitted in Korea within legal limits. This is reference information summarized from public regulatory and research sources, not medical advice.
Common in
CandyJellyYogurt & dairySnacksPickled radish & pickles
Use differs by food type, and products of the same type can have different ingredients.
If you want to avoid it
- Widely used, with little reason to avoid it specifically — but you can find it by name on the ingredient list.
- On Korean labels, also look for 베타카로틴, 파프리카추출색소, 치자황색소, 치자청색소.
Products with Natural colors
Products collected by Jjikmeok whose Korean ingredient list includes Natural colors.
- 생라면 이가자연면
- 생라면 이가자연면
- 생라면 이가자연면
- 맛단무지 대창농산
- 고구마다이스 굿모닝서울
- (샐바)고추장소스 동방푸드마스타
- 동해치즈시즈닝 동원홈푸드
- 고구마아이스크림믹스 동원홈푸드
- DD딸기우유파우더 선그린
Found by matching text in the ingredient list, so some products may be missed or mismatched. Always check the package. This list refreshes once a day.
Related additives
Cochineal extract (carmine)Caramel colorAllura Red (Red No. 40)Tartrazine (Yellow No. 4)Sunset Yellow (Yellow No. 5)Ponceau 4R (Red No. 102)Erythrosine (Red No. 3)Amaranth (Red No. 2)Brilliant Blue / Indigo carmine (Blue No. 1·2)Fast Green (Green No. 3)
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