The Science Behind Color-Changing Foods 🎨

How does pasta magically change from blue to purple and pink as you sprinkle on a lemon juice? 🍝🍋
Or how does an iced Frappuccino morph from purple to pink as you drink?!
🧪 This is the hidden science behind color-changing food!
0:00 Introduction
0:46 What Makes Red Cabbage So Colorful?
1:42 Getting the Pigments
2:21 Color-Changing Powers
3:33 Anthocyanin's Instability
5:48 Unicorn Noodles Recipe
7:27 Starbuck's Frappuccino
9:36 Pickling Cabbage
✅ What gives red cabbage its bright color? These pigment molecules are called anthocyanins
✅ Are anthocyanins a natural colorant? Yes, they are considered natural since they can be extracted from various fruits and veggies
✅ What shades of color can anthocyanins make? Blue, purple, pink, clear, yellow and green
✅ Will the color change if I add a base instead of acid? Yes, you can increase the pH by adding a base like sodium bicarbonate to get different color changes.
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[@SleepingEdens]

I saw a video once of someone using this pigment to dye a shirt purple, but they quickly found out that armpit sweat is somewhat acidic and would chnage the color of the shirt as it got sweaty 😅

[@AbbeytheFoodScientist]

THAT is hilarious and made my day!

[@teklucy]

You're amazing❤

[@WageningenBC23]

Bedankt

[@AbbeytheFoodScientist]

My #1 fan! Thank you :)

[@user-om1bf8sy7l]

I loved this video. I have seen these color changing foods advertised, and advoided them like the plague, immediately thinking they must be LOADED with dyes and chemicals that I don't have time to research. Lol. So thank you for showing me how i could do it myself, and explainging some of the magic behind the mystery.

[@AbbeytheFoodScientist]

I know it's a little bit reversed from what you'd think! The artificial colors are actually synthesised to be SUPER stable, so they would never do this color-changing magic.