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Can dragon fruit powder replace synthetic red and pink food coloring?
In cold and mildly heated products, yes. 0.5–2% of 100% red dragon fruit powder gives pastel pink to deep magenta in yogurt,…

What should you specify before buying freeze-dried dragon fruit powder in bulk?
Start with the ingredient line, because “dragon fruit powder” covers two products. Whole red dragon fruit, freeze-dried and milled, reads “dragon fruit”…

How much dragon fruit powder goes into each recipe, from one cup to a 50 kg batch?
Dose by weight of the finished recipe: 0.5–2% for color alone, 1–3% in yogurt and ice cream, 2–5% in drinks and chocolate,…
