• Question: Is there any natural food which is blue?

    Asked by sophk to Jo, Kevin, Valeria on 21 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Kevin Mahon

      Kevin Mahon answered on 21 Jun 2012:

      Of course, blueberries!

    • Photo: Joanna Cruden

      Joanna Cruden answered on 21 Jun 2012:

      I am not sure that there are any blue foods apart from an edible flower, I think blueberries are more purple but it may just be my eyesight!

Comments

  • Photo: Kevin

    Kevin commented on :

    Blue food is a rare occurrence in nature overall though!

    For example, there are no leafy blue vegetables , no blue meats, and aside from the already mentioned blueberries and a few blue-purple potatoes from remote spots on the globe, blue just doesn’t exist in any significant quantity as a natural food color!

    It’s believed to be a naturally unappetising colour.

  • Photo: sarahfb

    sarahfb commented on :

    what about blue cheese?

  • Photo: Jo

    Jo commented on :

    It is not not truly blue because the process of making cheese is a manmade thing where as blueberries grow without man’s intervention. Though blue cheese a blue food in its own way.