Spirulina breakthrough: Exberry powders deliver naturally intense blues

GNT Group has developed a range of blue powders derived from spirulina with significantly high colour intensity. They are available in both standard and micronised powder form.

The new Exberry high intensity blues are offered with a choice of carriers, including maltodextrin or sugar. They are guaranteed to be trehalose-free.

Food and beverage manufacturers can use the new powders to formulate products with high intensity blues from a natural and traceable source – and at reduced doses. They offer superior solubility and stability in a number of applications. In addition, they are particularly suitable for incorporating into instant beverages, hard-panned products, fondant, white chocolate and pressed tablets.

GNT produces Coloring Foods from spirulina in its dedicated facility in Mierlo, Netherlands. In a recent investment program, the company doubled its spirulina processing capacity. Spirulina is a blue-green algae, valued for its colouring and nutritional properties and is widely and safely consumed globally.

Exberry Coloring Foods are colouring ingredients obtained from fruits, vegetables and edible plants using gentle, physical processes such as pressing, chopping, filtering and concentrating. The products retain the characteristic properties of the source material and the concentrates are not selectively extracted. Consequently, within the EU they are not classed as food additives but foods with coloring properties and, therefore, qualify for cleaner and clearer labelling declarations.