Cornflower
What the research shows
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A flowering plant also called bachelor's button.1
What research says
How it’s made and used
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How much the body absorbs2
In lab studies, cornflower's anthocyanins were absorbed less after digestion than before.
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Products
The 6 most-scanned of 82 products on Open Food Facts that list cornflower.
- Blueberries bleuets naturipe · 510 g 0 additives
- CHICKEN & SWEETCORN SOUP Sainsbury's · 600 g 0 additives
- Biona Organic Wild Berry Crispy Granola Biona Organic · 375 g 0 additives
- Ploughman's plum chutney Sainsbury's 0 additives
- Barres De Céréales Nutri-grain (fruits Des Champs) Kellogg's · 295 g 12 additives
- Cornflour tesco · 250 g 0 additives
References
- 1Centaurea cyanus. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 2Teixeira M, Tao W, Ferreira IMPLVO, et al. Anthocyanin-rich edible flowers - Impact of food matrix on anthocyanin stability, digestion and absorption: the case of wild pansy, cosmos and cornflower. Food Chem. 2026;508(Pt B):148137. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.148137