Why Gummies Need Colour Support?
Gummies aren’t just about taste – colour plays a huge role in how people choose them. Bright, playful shades make gummies look more tempting and help connect flavours with what consumers expect. A strawberry gummy that isn’t red or a lemon gummy without a yellow hue can feel incomplete and less appealing.
During production, gummies can lose some of their brightness. Heat, cooking, and cooling often dull natural tones, leaving the product looking flat. Synthetic food colours help solve this by delivering strong, stable shades that stay consistent from batch to batch.
Colour also helps brands stand out. When every gummy in the pack looks uniform, glossy, and vibrant, it builds trust with consumers and makes the product feel high quality. From fruity gummies for kids to vitamin gummies for adults, colour is what gives them life and personality.
Where Colours Are Used in Gummies Applications?
Colours are the heart of gummies – they shape the first impression before anyone even tastes them. From fun kids’ treats to functional gummies like vitamins and supplements, colour ensures every piece looks lively, consistent, and appealing.
In gummies manufacturing, synthetic food grade colours are used across different stages to give products a vibrant, lasting finish. They help brands maintain uniformity while offering flexibility in creating single-colour, dual-shade, or multi-colour varieties. Here’s where colours usually come into play:
- Fruit-flavoured gummies – Reds, oranges, and yellows to match familiar flavours like strawberry, mango, or lemon.
- Vitamin & nutraceutical gummies – Soft, stable colours that look attractive but also suit adult-focused products.
- Themed gummies – Seasonal or novelty items shaped for holidays, festivals, or promotions often need bold and creative shades.
- Multi-coloured packs – A mix of bright tones to keep the product exciting and visually balanced.
Colours don’t just make gummies beautiful – they also make them more recognisable, enjoyable, and consistent for the consumer.
Supported Colors in Gummies Products
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Water soluble colors for Gummies Products
Allura Red
Allura Red gives Gummies a bold red hue, enhancing the appeal of confectionery products like candies, icings, jellies, and desserts
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 85%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Amaranth
Amaranth provides deep red hues to chewy sweets, jams, beverages, and coatings for attractive presentation.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 87%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Brown HT
Brown HT adds rich brown tones to Gummies, elevating confectionery products such as chocolates, caramels, jellies, and sweet decorations
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 70%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Carmoisine
Amaranth provides deep red hues to chewy sweets, jams, beverages, and coatings for attractive presentation.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 87%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Black PN
Black PN delivers deep black shades to Gummies, making confectionery products like licorice, candies, jellies, and desserts more striking
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 80%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Green S
Amaranth provides deep red hues to chewy sweets, jams, beverages, and coatings for attractive presentation.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 80%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Brilliant Blue FCF
Brilliant Blue FCF provides vivid blue shades to chewy gummies, frostings, drinks, and confections for playful appeal.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 87%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Erythrosine
Erythrosine imparts vibrant pink to reddish-pink tones to Gummies, enhancing confectionery items like candies, icings, and jellies
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 80%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Fast Green FCF
Fast Green FCF delivers refreshing green hues to jelly sweets, beverages, baked goods, and syrups for a natural touch.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 80%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Patent Blue V
Patent Blue V gives Gummies a bluish-green shade, perfect for confectionery treats including candies, icings, jellies, and desserts
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 85%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Indigo Carmine
Indigo Carmine adds deep indigo hues to chewy gummies, soft drinks, syrups, and confectionery for bold appeal.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 87%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Quinoline Yellow WS
Quinoline Yellow WS imparts greenish-yellow tones to gel candies, drinks, dessert coatings, and jams for vibrant freshness.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 70%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Tartrazine
Tartrazine provides lemon-yellow hues to fruit chews, candies, powdered drinks, and coatings for cheerful brightness.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 80%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Sunset Yellow
Sunset Yellow adds a bright golden hue to Gummies, improving confectionery products such as candies, cakes, jellies, and desserts
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 87%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Ponceau 4R
Ponceau 4R imparts red-orange hues to chewy sweets, soft drinks, syrups, and dessert gels for bold, vibrant appeal.
Pure dye content (corrected sample): minimum 85%
Water-insoluble matter: maximum 0.20%
Lake colors for Gummies Products
Carmoisine Lake
Carmoisine Lake offers deep red tones to Gummies, making confectionery treats like candies, jellies, and icings more attractive
Allura Red Lake
Allura Red Lake delivers bright red tones to gummy sweets, cereals, snack coatings, and dairy desserts for vivid appeal.
Amaranth Lake
Amaranth Lake adds stable reddish hues to soft candies, beverage powders, seasonings, and confectionery blends.
Black PN Lake
Black PN Lake provides dark stable shades to fruit chews, chocolate coatings, powdered mixes, and sauces.
Tartrazine Lake
Tartrazine Lake adds bright yellow hues to gummy treats, snack coatings, dairy desserts, and instant powders.
Brown HT Lake
Brown HT Lake imparts rich brown hues to soft candies, spice mixes, dessert toppings, and coatings.
Sunset Yellow Lake
Sunset Yellow Lake delivers orange brilliance to soft candies, bakery toppings, powdered mixes, and sauces.
Quinoline Yellow WS Lake
Quinoline Yellow WS Lake imparts lemon-yellow hues to chewy sweets, cereals, dry mixes, and confectionery powders.
Indigo Carmine Lake
Quinoline Yellow WS Lake imparts lemon-yellow hues to chewy sweets, cereals, dry mixes, and confectionery powders.
Erythrosine Lake
Erythrosine Lake brings vibrant pink to reddish-pink shades to Gummies, perfect for confectionery candies, jellies, and desserts
Ponceau 4R Lake
Ponceau 4R Lake gives Gummies an intense red hue, enhancing confectionery products like candies, jellies, icings, and desserts
Brilliant Blue FCF Lake
Brilliant Blue FCF Lake delivers bold blue hues to Gummies, elevating confectionery products like candies, icings, and jellies.
Patent Blue V Lake
Patent Blue V Lake adds bluish-green tones to Gummies, enhancing confectionery products such as candies, jellies, and icings
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Gummies without colour often look dull or unappealing. Colour makes them more fun, matches flavours with expectations (like red for strawberry), and keeps the product attractive for both kids and adults.
Absolutely. Food grade synthetic colours are approved by global food safety authorities. They are stable, consistent, and widely used across the confectionery industry.
Bright and fruity tones like strawberry red, orange, lemon yellow, apple green, and blueberry blue are most common. However, we can also create customised shades for brand-specific needs.
If you’re using the right grade of synthetic colour, fading is minimal. Our colours are heat-stable, light-stable, and designed to perform well in gummy processing conditions.
Yes, of course. We offer a 50gm trial pack (sample pack) so you can test shades in your gummy formulations before scaling up.
Our standard MOQ starts at 100kg, but trial packs are always available for testing and new product development.
Yes, we can create tailored blends or match specific shades to your product requirements.
Yes, we supply colours for both fun confectionery gummies and functional gummies, ensuring safety, consistency, and visual appeal in both categories.
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