Dehydrated beets (beet powder)
Dehydrated beets (beet powder)Beet powder is a red to purple colour used in confectionery, ice cream and dairy. Its weakness is heat: the pigment browns when cooked, which limits it to foods that are not baked.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Permitted | 21 CFR 73.40retrieved 2026-09-07 | |
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What it is made from
Dried and milled beetroot. The pigments are betalains, chemically unrelated to the anthocyanins of most red fruit.
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Every name it appears under
1 recorded name. A label may use any of them.
As it appears in regulation
- Dehydrated beets (beet powder)
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Sources for this page
- ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07
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