This isn't the first natural color that the FDA has approved this year.Key pointsOn Monday, July 14, the FDA announced that it has approved the use of the natural color additive gardenia (genipin) ...

What to know about the effort to get rid of artificial food dyes 04:06. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it has approved the use of three color additives from natural sources ...

The FDA approved three natural food colorings - Galdieria extract blue, butterfly pea flower extract, and calcium phosphate - as alternatives following the ban on using artificial dyes.

The FDA approved three new natural food color additives — galdieria extract, butterfly pea flower extract, and calcium phosphate — to replace synthetic petroleum-based dyes.