A colorant of a plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae which has no or
significantly reduced smell originating in the Brassicaceae plant, a
colorant formulation containing this colorant, and a process for
producing the odorless or almost odorless colorant of the Brassicaceae
plant. This colorant can be prepared by treating an adsorption-treated
Brassicaceae plant colorant extract by at least one method selected from
among adsorption, ion exchange, acid treatment, and membrane separation
to thereby give an aroma component concentration of 100 ppm or less in
case where the color value E.sup.10%.sub.1 cm is 80.