On September 2nd, 2021, the United States Food Drug Administration amended the “List of Color Additives Exempt from Certification; Butterfly Pea Flower Extract” in various food categories.
The main scope of the document is summarized as follows:
- Use applications of the extract in Alcoholic and Non-alcoholic beverages, sport and energy drinks, chewing gum, teas, coated nuts, candies, etc;
- The use level of the amount of butterfly pea flower extract is safe and it does not exceed levels consistent with good manufacturing practice;
- Butterfly pea flower extract is not likely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans at its intended use levels;
- No potential toxic effects are associated with the use of either butterfly pea flower extract or its anthocyanins and flavonol components from the literature that warrant further chronic toxicity studies.
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