So you may have noticed a few purple people around campus during O-Week. Even if you’re not into being purple on the outside, be purple on the inside by eating purple food! Purple foods are often high in flavonoids, which are good for your cardiovascular system, although don’t expect too many flavonoids in a purple Slurpee. This is a list of foods you can consume to get your purple on.
Jell-O: You bought a jumbo box of grape Jell-O that failed to dye your skin? You can still eat it; at least it’ll dye your tongue purple.
Popsicles: Surefire way to turn your entire mouth purple, not just your tongue.
Blueberries: Frozen in a smoothie, or mmmmm blueberry ice cream from Marble Slab
Red Cabbage: Purple in neutral solutions, pink in acid, and blue in base. It’s nature’s pH indicator!
Eggplant: Or you can call it aubergine if you want to sound fancy and French. Mais oui, j’aime manger les aubergines et tout ce qui et en mauve!
Beets: But don’t eat too many at once- they can turn your urine red because not everyone can digest the colour pigment. No joke, the condition is called beeturia.
Plums: Get these fresh at the UW Farmers Market every Thursday.
Grape Drink: I think “purple” is actually on the ingredients label…
Freezies: It’s one of the infamously unpopular Freezie flavours, but take pity on the Purple!
Erythrosine and Indigotine: Blue and red food colourings that give your freezie that natural purple colour.
Slurpees: Try not to drink 2L at once, but these must be high in erythrosine and indigotine.
Blue Corn Chips: Purple enough, and good with salsa.
Taro: In the land of purple bubble tea, taro reigns supreme (over grape…it’s a two-flavour kingdom)
Cadbury Chocolate: What? The wrapper is purple.
Prunes: Good source of fiber to keep you regular.
Violets: Yes you can eat them! They are often candied and put on fancy cakes, so go to a fancy cake shop.
Purple Cow: Blend vanilla ice cream with grape soda, milk, and ice cubes, and voila!
Jelly Bellies: The purple flavours are wild blackberry, grape crush, mixed berry smoothie, plum, sour grape, and island punch.
Smarties: Eat the purple ones last 🙂
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