Explore our full palette of colors from nature
Earth gives us a colourful range of natural resources.
Selecting with delicacy and experience the best of them, at Coralim we are able to offer our customers premium colouring natural formulations to the highest quality.
Carthamus
Applications:
Bakery & Cereals · Beverage · Confectionery
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Savoury & Meat
Carthamus is native from the middle east and is mainly cultivated in China and India. It has good heat and light stability and is unaffected by pH.
Availability: Liquid and Powder
Lutein
Applications:
Bakery &Cereals · Beverage · Confectionery · Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream
Lutein is obtained from marigold oleoresin, which is extracted from the petals of marigold flowers that grow almost everywhere in the world.
Its main characteristic is the stability to light, heat, and pH.
Availability: Liquid and Powder
Curcumin
Applications:
Bakery & Cereals · Confectionery · Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Savoury & Meat
Turmeric is used as a food condiment and colour, as well as medicine. There are many different varieties, but only Curcuma longa L is used for colour. It tolerates heat and pH extremes.
Availability: Liquid and Powder
Carotenes
Applications:
Bakery & Cereals · Beverage · Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream· Confectionery
Carotenes can be obtained by synthesis or extracted from plants, the mold Blakeslea Trispora or Alga. They have good heat and light stability and are unaffected by pH.
Availability: Liquid and Powder
Paprika
Applications:
Confectionery · Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Savoury & Meat
Paprika is nowadays cultivated in many regions of the globe including Spain. At Coralim we only choose the highest quality raw material to develop our Paprika products. One of its main advantages is that it has good heat stability and is unaffected by pH. It provides a very bright orange colour.
Availability: Liquid and Powder
Annatto
Applications:
Confectionery · Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream· Savoury & Meat
Annatto comes from the seeds of the achiote tree, mostly from South America and Africa. It is quite interesting because it shows good heat and light stability.
Carmine
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Savoury & Meat · Beverages · Confectionery
Carmine is obtained from the dried female cochineal insect; its main production is based in Peru. It displays good heat and light stability.
Purple sweet potato
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Beverages · Confectionery
The sweet potato is native to South America, locals have cultivated it for thousands of years Its colour can range from pink to a deep red purple. It is stable to heating and light in acidic applications.
Availability: Liquid and Powder
Black Carrot
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Beverages · Confectionery
Black carrot is a variety of the more common orange carrot. It’s grown in a large variety of regions and is very popular where it is directly consumed. It is stable to heating and light in acidic applications.
Availability: Powder, Liquid
Grape Skin
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Beverages · Confectionery
Nowadays a large variety of grapes are grown all around the Mediterranean region. However, only some varieties that are rich in anthocyanins are suitable for colour. It is stable to heating and light in acidic applications.
Availability: Powder, Liquid
Red beet
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Savoury & Meat · Confectionery
Red Beet is easy to grow and could be cultivated in many temperate regions. It is not really stable to heating but it is not affected by pH. Beetroot is an interesting value for money alternative in many applications.
Availability: Powder, Liquid
Spirulina extract
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Savoury & Meat · Confectionery · Bakery and Cereals · Juices
Spirulina is really high in protein and nutrients, and might be considered a super food making it a popular dietary supplement. At Coralim we have also developed a blend with yellow to obtain a clean label green.
Availability: Powder, Liquid
Chlorophyllin
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Beverages · Confectionery
Chlorophyllin is among the green natural alternatives the one showing the best heat and light stability. At Coralim, we produce ours from Alfalfa plant grown with the highest quality standards.
Availability: Powder, Liquid, Acid stable
Caramelized sugar
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Beverages · Confectionery · Savoury & Meat · Bakery &Cereals
Caramelized sugar is obtained by the heating process of food grade carbohydrates. It shows a great light and heat stability.
Availability: Powder, Liquid
White alternatives
Applications:
Confectionery · Bakery & Cereals · Fondant & Icing · Desserts · Sauces
At Coralim we have developed different white approaches to find the product that fits better with our customers applications and products. It allows us to offer food industry many different workable options.
Availability: Powder
Vegetable Carbon
Applications:
Dairy · Fruit Preparations · Ice Cream · Confectionery · Savoury & Meat · Bakery & Cereals
Black Charcoal is made from specially selected particles of carbonized vegetable material. It shows and excellent stability to light and heating processes and is not affected by pH.
Availability: Dedusted Powder, Liquid
