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Grape Skin Extract Grape Skin Color ブドウ果皮色素

Existing food additivePermitted in the EU (E163)

Purpose: color
On the label: “ブドウ果皮色素” (grape skin color), “ブドウ色素” (grape color), “アントシアニン色素” (anthocyanin color), “着色料（アントシアニン）” (colorant (anthocyanin)), “着色料（エノシアニン）” (colorant (enocyanin))
Name in the List of Existing Food Additives: ブドウ果皮色素 (No. 240)
Source and production: Obtained from the skins of American grape or grape, with anthocyanins as the main component. It may contain dextrin or lactose (specifications).

In Japan

Its purpose in the List of Existing Food Additives is colorant. The alternative name is “エノシアニン” (enocyanin), and the short names are “アントシアニン” (anthocyanin), “アントシアニン色素” (anthocyanin color), and “ブドウ色素” (grape color).
When written with the character “色” (color), as in “ブドウ果皮色素” or “ブドウ色素”, the purpose name “着色料” (colorant) can be omitted. When written as “アントシアニン” or “エノシアニン”, the purpose name is placed alongside, as in “着色料（アントシアニン）” (colorant (anthocyanin)).
A standard for use common to natural colorants applies: it cannot be used in kelp (konbu), meat, fresh fish and shellfish, tea, nori seaweed, beans, vegetables, or wakame seaweed.

Japan's standards for use

Must not be used in kelp (konbu), meat, fresh fish and shellfish (including whale meat), tea, nori seaweed, beans, vegetables, or wakame seaweed (standard for use for colorants excluding chemically synthesized products)

This is a summary of the standards for use. See the source list for the exact conditions.

In the EU

It is on the EU list of food additives (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) as E163.

Sources

Checked 2026-10-02. Rules and evaluations change over time. This page is a translation of our Japanese page; if they differ, the Japanese page is the reference.

This page lists facts stated in laws and in evaluations by public bodies; it is not a safety verdict. Additives used in Japan are approved by the government, which sets the foods and amounts they can be used in. The ADI is a guide to the amount that is considered safe to take every day over a lifetime.

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