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Colorolicious
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Colorolicious is pioneering a new category of food colourant technology using structural colouration from self-assembled, sugar-based liquid crystals. Our pigment-free platform delivers vibrant and stable colours that respond to touch and stretch, creating interactive, sensory-rich experiences for confectioneries, supplements, and beyond. Developed as a University of Manchester spin-out, Colorolicious is advancing scalable, food-safe formulations to replace synthetic dyes and unstable and unsustainable natural pigments in candies, meeting the growing demand for safer, sustainable, and engaging ingredients in global food systems.
About their technology: Structurally coloured candies and confectioneries without any colour additives
Company HQ location: Manchester, UK
Number of employees: 2
Founded in: 2024
Looking to engage with: Confectionery Leaders such as Mars, Pladis and Kerry
Raised so far: Not yet conducted a formal fundraising round. However, Colorolicious has successfully secured participation in two competitive incubator programmes, which provided in-kind business development support and resources valued at approximately £50,000.
Backed by: University of Manchester, Innovation Factory
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