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Scientists have pinpointed the purple sweet potato as a natural alternative for synthetic food dye. While you might be more familiar with the orange-fleshed variety, the purple-hued cousin could be ...

“Just the other day, I couldn’t bring myself to throw out the small amount of vibrant water left after boiling purple cabbage. I let it sit overnight—and it turned brilliant,” Julianaa Satie, founder ...

In Missouri, researchers have converted corn into a natural alternative for purple artificial food dyes. A team with University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources have ...

Pavel Somavat (left) has joint appointments in the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the College of Engineering. Sherry Flint-Garcia (right) is a research ...