Purple Carrot Extract
Purple Carrot Extract is an anthocyanin-rich preparation obtained from the taproot of black carrot, the dark-skinned cultivar group of Daucus carota subspecies sativus variety atrorubens.
The colour principle is a family of acylated cyanidin glycosides. These pigments give the extract a deep red-to-purple hue that shifts toward blue as the pH of the food matrix rises.
The ingredient is produced both as a clean-label colouring food for beverages, dairy, and confectionery, and as a standardised anthocyanin powder for dietary supplements targeting vascular and antioxidant claims.
We source bulk Purple Carrot Extract from top China manufacturers for our partners. The manufacturer is in Hubei. A smaller requirement can ship in a combined container with other ingredients.
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- Packaging
- 25 kg fibre drum with double PE liner
- ISO 9001
- HACCP
- Halal
- Kosher
Specifications
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Reddish-purple to dark purple liquid or free-flowing powder |
| Anthocyanin content | 1% to 10% (powder grades) / colour value defined for liquids |
| Colour value (E1cm 525 nm) | typically 100 to 500 (grade dependent) |
| Brix (liquid concentrate) | 60 to 70 |
| Loss on drying (powder) | ≤ 6.0% |
| Heavy metals (as Pb) | ≤ 2 mg/kg |
| Total plate count | ≤ 1000 cfu/g |
| Source | Daucus carota ssp. sativus var. atrorubens |
Common Markets Grades
Purple Carrot Extract trades in three forms: a juice concentrate, a colouring food, and a high-purity anthocyanin powder.
Liquid juice concentrate at 40 to 65 degrees Brix is the highest-volume format. It carries the colour, the natural sugars, and the soluble solids of the root in a syrup that is easy to dose into beverages.
Powdered colouring foods are spray-dried on maltodextrin or on fruit-and-vegetable carriers. Colour strength is typically declared by the E1cm 1 percent absorbance value at the wavelength of maximum absorption near 520 nm, or by total monomeric anthocyanin content expressed as cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalents.
Standardised supplement-grade powders deliver 5 to 25 percent total anthocyanins by the pH-differential method and are intended for capsules, tablets, and stick packs.
Both clear and cloudy formats exist, allowing formulators to match the optical character of the finished product.
Applications
- Soft drinks, juices, and waters where it provides red-to-purple tones without synthetic dyes
- Sports and isotonic beverages on a clean-label positioning
- Yogurt, drinking yogurt, and flavoured milk for berry-style colouring
- Ice cream, sorbet, and frozen-dessert ripples
- Confectionery: gummies, jellies, hard candies, and panned coatings
- Bakery fillings, frostings, and decorative gels
- Jams, fruit preparations, and dessert toppings
- Plant-based meat and seafood analogues for a meat-like blush note
- Dietary supplements for antioxidant, vascular, and eye-health positioning
- Functional beauty drinks paired with collagen peptides or vitamin C
- Sauces, dressings, and savory marinades where a violet-red note is wanted
- Natural cosmetic products including lip tints and tinted balms
Brands Using Purple Carrot Extract
Widely-distributed consumer products that list Purple Carrot Extract on the ingredient label.
- Plum OrganicsStage 2 Pear, Purple Carrot & Blueberry Baby Food Pouch ↗Plum Organics' Stage 2 Pear, Purple Carrot & Blueberry pouch lists organic purple carrot puree on the ingredient panel, using purple carrot for natural colour, anthocyanin content and flavour.Label verified 2026-05-24
- Plum OrganicsMighty 4 Apple, Blackberry, Purple Carrot, Greek Yogurt + Oat Pouch ↗Plum Organics' Mighty 4 Blends pouch ingredient list includes organic purple carrot puree alongside apple, blackberry, Greek yogurt and oat, using purple carrot for its anthocyanin-rich colour and nutrition.Label verified 2026-05-24
- Happy Baby OrganicsOrganic Blueberry & Purple Carrot Greek Yogis (freeze-dried yogurt melts) ↗Happy Baby Organics' Blueberry & Purple Carrot Greek Yogis ingredient panel explicitly lists organic purple carrot juice concentrate (with citric acid) used as the natural colour and anthocyanin source.Label verified 2026-05-24
- Beech-NutSmoothie with Prebiotics, Apple, Cherry, Kiwi, Purple Carrot & Yogurt ↗Beech-Nut's prebiotic toddler smoothie pouch lists purple carrot on the ingredient panel, used as a natural anthocyanin colourant and vegetable component, with no artificial colours.Label verified 2026-05-24
- GerberOrganic 2nd Foods Purple Carrot, Banana & Acai with Cardamom ↗Gerber's Organic 2nd Foods Purple Carrot, Banana & Acai with Cardamom features organic purple carrot puree as a primary ingredient, leveraging its anthocyanin pigment and nutrition in a baby food pouch.Label verified 2026-05-24
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China Manufacturers of Purple Carrot Extract
Top Purple Carrot Extract manufacturers in China.
Company names and logos are the property of the manufacturers themselves. They are listed here because our own directory records them as producing this ingredient. A listing is not an endorsement by them, and we do not represent them or speak on their behalf.
How We Help Source Purple Carrot Extract
Direct Factory Sourcing
We run the whole process: selecting the manufacturer from the top Chinese food ingredient producers, negotiating the price, verifying quality, and coordinating the logistics. You deal with us instead of with several factories at once.
Original Packaging and Documents from the Manufacturer
The manufacturer sends your Purple Carrot Extract out of its own factory in the original packing, through to your destination port. The COA, COO, MSDS, TDS and any certifications reach you from the manufacturer as well.
Free Samples and Lead Time
We send 100 to 500 g free for your own laboratory to test and you cover only the courier, usually within 2 to 3 working days. ETD is usually within 7 to 15 days once the order is confirmed, and we check that date against the factory's own manufacturing schedule before we give it to you.
Combined Shipment
We can load Purple Carrot Extract together with other ingredients such as Astaxanthin, Dehydrated Garlic and Lutein into one 20' FCL. If your quantity is small, we can also ship LCL.
Regulatory Status
Purple Carrot Extract falls into two regulatory tracks.
The juice concentrate and colouring-food format are treated as foods or colouring foods rather than as a food additive. They are governed by the EU colouring foods guidance document and by equivalent treatment in other jurisdictions, where the colouring effect comes from an ingredient that retains the character of the source food.
The selectively extracted, purified anthocyanin format is regulated in the European Union as a food additive under the umbrella of anthocyanins. In the United States, 21 CFR 73.250 and 73.260 list fruit-juice and vegetable-juice colours, which are exempt from certification.
JECFA has evaluated grape skin extract and related anthocyanin colours and has accepted them as colours for food at conventional use levels.
The ingredient is suitable for vegan, vegetarian, Halal, and Kosher positioning, and organic-certified material is produced where the cultivation and the carrier match the certifying body's requirements.
Manufacturing Process
Production starts in the field. Black carrot is grown mainly in Turkey, particularly the Konya plateau, and to a smaller extent in southern Europe and parts of China. Roots are harvested in autumn and pressed within hours to limit microbial fermentation.
The raw juice is depectinized with food-grade pectinase to lower viscosity and to free more pigment from the cell-wall matrix. Some producers carry out a controlled lactic fermentation at this stage. Fermentation lowers the sugar load and removes off-notes, which is helpful for low-sugar beverage applications.
The clarified juice is concentrated by reverse osmosis or by vacuum evaporation to the target Brix. Aroma recovery is rarely used because the carrot character is not desired in most end products.
For higher-purity anthocyanin powders, the concentrate is loaded onto food-grade macroporous resin columns. Sugars and organic acids are washed off with water, and the bound pigments are recovered with food-grade ethanol. The ethanol eluate is desolventized and spray-dried on a carrier.
Colour strength is verified by spectrophotometry, and anthocyanin profile is checked by HPLC against authentic standards of cyanidin-3-xylosyl-glucosyl-galactoside and its acylated derivatives.
