Fastest growing natural colours company from South America joins Fi Europe this year

Colorganics has a broad range of natural colours, producing and developing complete solutions using annatto, curcumin, betanin, anthocyanins, chlorophyllins, carmines, among others.

new developments of the company include carmine-free, chlorophyll-free solutions, natural coloring with functional vehicles and fruit extracts through new dehydration technologies.

The company structures and strengthens the value chain of annatto and turmeric, directly benefiting Colombian families and generating sustainable business

In 2000, a group of Colombian entrepreneurs ventured into the field of coloring without knowing that 17 years later they would be consolidating a comprehensive business model that develops natural coloring solutions for a demanding national and international market. A market that, nowadays, responds to the demands of new consumer profiles that seek healthy and natural options and a food industry interested in finding alternatives to replace synthetic dyes.

That is how Colorganics was born, “a company specializing in solutions for the industry, that, in addition to having a standardized offer of products, marks a difference among colorant companies in Latin America for its business model based on co-development which articulates the needs of the industry based on specific uses,” says Joaquín Gamboa, CEO of this Colombian company. Gamboa states that, in Latin America, only countries such as Peru, Mexico and Brazil are strong in the agro-industrial sector. “However, these countries do not specialize in industrial applications that require high levels of technical, commercial and regulatory support," says Joaquín.

Colorganics is also involved in all phases of the production chain of the inputs derived from annatto and turmeric. In that way, the company guarantees a clean extraction and improves quality standards that meet the needs of a demanding market, thus ensuring a sustainable supply to national and international customers and reducing fluctuations in international prices.

An Offer Focused on More Demanding Markets

The coloring solutions offered by Colorganics are extracted from products such as annatto, turmeric and other species typical of the tropics using cleaner technologies and high-performance formulations.

Nowadays, the company is focused on new developments such as the design of natural alternatives of chlorophyll- and carmine-free green and red colors, fruit and vegetable extracts obtained through more efficient dehydration technologies that provide color and flavor, and liquid and solid coloring with functional vehicles for the meat industry.

To date, the company's formulations have been successfully integrated into applications such as biscuit, bakery and confectionery, dairy and meat, in products that have been able to access more demanding markets such as those in the United States, Europe or Asia.

Moreover, Colorganics is designing a plant for the extraction of active ingredients through biotechnological and/or aqueous extraction processes. This plant will allow the company to create an alternative for bixin supply as a self-supply strategy for national and international markets.

In this regard, the CEO of Colorganics indicates that, “in order to maintain sustainable growth and face new challenges in the market, we are also developing strategies to consolidate more efficient production technologies, generate business alliances and strengthen the relationship with local communities.”