Anthocyanins are water-soluble pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, yellow, orange, magenta, violet, purple, blue or black.
Anthocyanins are found within different plant organs; flowers, leaves, fruits, roots, tubers and grains. Food plants rich in anthocyanins include the blueberry, raspberry, black rice, and black soybean, among many others that are red, blue, purple, or black.[1]
Composition
There are nearly 25 naturally occurring anthocyanidins, however more than 700 anthocyanins derivatives have been identified to date.[1:1]
The most prevalent anthocyanidins in nature are pelargonidin (Pg), cyanidin (Cy), peonidin (Pn), delphinidin (Dp), petunidin (Pt) and malvidin (Mv).[1:2]
