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Annatto

Orange-red condiment and food coloring derived from the seeds of the achiote tree

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Annatto is an orange-red condiment and food coloring derived from the seeds of the achiote tree, native to tropical parts of the Americas. It is used to impart a yellow to red-orange color to foods, but may impart a sweet, peppery flavor.

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This entry incorporates text from “Annatto” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.