A cheaper and more stable red

19 April 2012 – Döhler has created a range of red hues produced from black carrot. The colour range covers warm orange hues to shining ruby hues all the way to shades of blues. All colours meet clean label requirements and can be used in many food and beverage applications.

Consumers prefer natural colours in their products, however, the use of natural colours creates many challenges for the manufacturer: constant quality, stability and long term availability. "We have been able to optimise the physical processing of the black carrot. The colouring concentrates gained from this processing are by far superior to other colours containing anthocyanin in terms of stability and cost in use. And even the colour spectrum that can be derived from this raw material meets the demands of the market in an optimal way. The colour shadings range from warm tones all the way to powerful, cool or subtle hues. Our colour concentrates are free of sulphur dioxide," says Christian Benetka, senior product manager colours, of Döhler.

Döhler has signed numerous agreements regarding the cultivation in Turkey in order to ensure access to consistent qualities of the black carrot. The processing of the black carrot is done in the company’s own production site in Akkent, Turkey. Döhler controls the entire value added chain: From researching and selection of the optimal seeds, to the cultivation and harvesting all the way to processing into a colouring concentrate.