Ingrédient · Ingrédient
Estratto di bacca di sambuco
Elderberry fruit extract, a common food flavoring/coloring ingredient, is safe in normal food amounts.
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) berry extract is used in foods and drinks for color, flavor, or as a supplement ingredient. Cooked, ripe elderberries and their extracts are widely consumed and generally recognized as safe; raw or unripe berries, seeds, leaves and stems contain compounds that can cause nausea if eaten in quantity, but commercial extracts are processed to avoid this.
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Why it matters
Elderberry fruit extract comes from the ripe berries of the elderberry shrub (Sambucus nigra or related species). Food makers use it to add a deep purple-red color, a fruity tart flavor, or as a base for elderberry syrups and supplements. In the body, it acts like any fruit ingredient: it's mostly water, sugars, acids, and plant pigments called anthocyanins. Most people don't need to worry about it in food or drink form. Raw, unripe, or unprocessed parts of the elderberry plant (leaves, stems, seeds, unripe fruit) contain small amounts of cyanogenic compounds that can cause stomach upset, but commercial extracts used in food are made from cooked, ripe berries and are processed to remove or destroy these compounds.
Sources (2)
- 1.FDA GRAS Notice program (botanical food ingredients)
- 2.PubChem - Sambucus nigra (Elderberry) compound and safety data
