“…In this sense, the use of dyes (mainly natural) can increase acceptability and add functional properties to foods (Neves, Silva, & Meireles, 2021). Natural dyes can contribute to enhancing the colors of foods, such as (i) iridoid blue (from Genipa americana L.) ( Neri-Numa, Angolini, Bicas, Ruiz, & Pastore, 2018 ) (ii) bixin ( Bachtler & Bart, 2021 ; Beni et al, 2020 ; Xu & Kong, 2017 ), (iii) anthocyanins ( Becerril, Nerín, & Silva, 2021 ; Coelho Leandro et al, 2021 ), (iv) betalains ( Lima et al, 2020 ; Shunan, Yu, Guan, & Zhou, 2021 ; Sravan Kumar, Singh Chauhan, & Giridhar, 2020 ), (v) chlorophylls ( Ribeiro & Veloso, 2021 ), (vi) caramel (Beata Olas, Urbańska, & Bryś, 2020 ), (vii) curcumin ( Song & McClements, 2021 ; Tian Jiang, Raja Ghosh, 2021 ), (viii) carminic acid (Neves et al, 2021), (ix) lycopene ( Allison & Simmons, 2017 ; Pataro, Carullo, Falcone, & Ferrari, 2020 ) e (x) carotenoids ( Rodriguez-Amaya, 2019 ), among others. A previous study reported that colorful foods increased the modulation of brain metabolism by 24% and stimulated eating ( Spence et al, 2016 ).…”