heating and storage, increased the degradation rates of anthocyanins. To minimize anthocyanin degradation, they recommended that black carrot concentrates be cooled, possibly to refrigeration temperatures, as soon as produced. Compared to the stability of anthocyanins from other sources in the literature, anthocyanins from black carrot showed greater stability to heat and pH changes. Such high stability may be attributed to the diacylation of the anthocyanin structure.