Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Butterfly Pea Flower Extract
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 2025-05-12 · Effective 2025-06-26 · 90 FR 20101
Document
Document number
2025-08248
Federal Register citation
90 FR 20101
CFR reference
21 CFR 73
Type
Rule
Action
Final amendment; order.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
2025-05-12
Effective date
2025-06-26
HHS docket
Docket No. FDA-2024-C-0971
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of butterfly pea flower extract as a color additive in ready-to-eat cereals, crackers, snack mixes, hard pretzels, plain potato chips (restructured or baked), and plain corn chips, tortilla chips, and multigrain chips at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP). This action is in response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Sensient Colors, LLC (Sensient or petitioner).