Those purple corn chips you see in the store aren't just a gimmick – the corn's purple pigment actually has health benefits. Researchers have now devised a method of extracting more of it from ...

Juvik also noted that the natural color of purple corn could potentially be used as a food color replacement for red dye No. 40 which is one of the major dyes used in the United States.

Extracts from purple corn, for instance, could replace Red Dye 40, a petroleum-based synthetic dye found in many foods, including dairy products, sweets and beverages.

Medically reviewed by Maggie Moon, MS, RDPurple foods get their color from natural compounds called anthocyanins, which help ...

Juvik and an interdisciplinary team have been experimenting with purple and blue corn varieties, noting that health-promoting pigments known as anthocyanins are located in the outer layers of the ...

And purple corn blows pretty much everything else out of the ballpark, says Suntava director of business development Terry Howell. “Suntava purple corn has an ORAC value (per 100g) of 10,800 ...

Purple corn, commonly known as maiz morado, has more antioxidants than blueberries. Researchers at the University of Missouri are trying to grow a similar corn here in the United States.

For some time now, purple corn has been making its way onto dining tables in Malaysia. Once in a while, you can find it at night markets or farmers’ markets, and much of what you buy comes from ...

Purple corn also is the centerpiece of a new variety of Peace Cereal from Eugene, Ore.-based Attune Foods, a business unit of Post Holdings.

He’s also made grilled octopus with the sauce and is tinkering with a chicha morada dessert shaped like an ear of corn. Mr. Chavez makes 40 liters of chicha morada at least twice a week.