Blue raspberry flavor

[1][2][3] The flavor does not derive from any species of raspberry, but rather was developed using esters that are part of the flavor profile of pineapple, banana and cherry.

[2] Sugar is commonly added to create taste appeal for the blue raspberry flavor.

[2][3] Blue raspberry flavoring debuted commercially in the United States in 1958 with Gold Medal's snow cone syrup.

Its wider adoption followed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 1969 approval of FD&C Blue No.

This regulatory change encouraged other companies, including The Icee Company and Otter Pops, to introduce blue raspberry products in the early 1970s.