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Colours

Send us your colour brief. A real flavourist on our Southport bench reads it inside one Australian business day. Natural and synthetic colours, tested for stability, with FSANZ-aligned documentation ready for your file.

Brief read inside one Australian business day, by a real flavourist on our team in Southport. No contract to start the conversation.

Close-up of a Davidson plum cut open on the bench, showing the deep crimson flesh that VKA Australia reads as a natural colour reference at the Southport site.

About this portfolio

Appeal to the eyes as well as the taste buds.

Shoppers decide at the shelf in a second. Vibrant colour, especially colour that reads as natural, is how your product earns the look in that second.

VKA® Australia's colour range covers both natural and synthetic options. Every colour is tested for stability across pH, heat, light and shelf life through VKA's testing capabilities, and every shipment lands with FSANZ-aligned documentation so your QA and labelling teams can move without back-and-forth.

Our natural colours are supplied with the full component breakdown for a complete declaration.

What we offer

Our colour range

Finger lime cut open on the bench, citrus pearls catching the light, the kind of native source VKA Australia reads as a natural colour reference.

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Natural colours

Drawn from fruits, vegetables and plant sources. Supplied with the full component breakdown for a complete declaration. Turmeric yellows, beetroot reds, spirulina greens, anthocyanin purples, and native references like Davidson plum and finger lime.

A row of synthetic colour concentrate vials racked in order on the Southport bench, each batch labelled for traceability.

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Synthetic colours

Strong, predictable, priced for production runs. Built for shelf vibrancy and batch-to-batch consistency.

A flavourist reading a digital refractometer, checking a sample's refractive index for batch-to-batch consistency.

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Stability and compliance

Every colour is tested for stability across pH ranges, temperature cycles and shelf life conditions. Documentation is written against the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code so your QA file is ready before the first production run.

A row of six pink grapefruit and finger lime sodas set out on a stainless tasting tray.

FSANZ compliance

Documentation aligned to the Food Standards Code.

Colour additives in Australia and New Zealand are governed by the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Schedule 15 (permissions by food class) and Schedule 16 (types, including colourings). Synthetic colours must be permitted under Schedule 15 for your food category, with the maximum level confirmed for your product.

You get fewer reformulation surprises when you launch across the Tasman, and one colour file that your QA, your label printer and the retailer can all sign off against.

Send us your brief

Bring us a colour brief.

Tell us the application, the shelf you are aiming for, and the colour direction you have in mind. We will come back with a natural or synthetic shortlist, stability data from VKA's testing, and the FSANZ documentation that travels with it. Brief read inside one Australian business day, by a real flavourist on our team in Southport. No contract to start the conversation.

Or write directly to sales@vka.au.