FIELD: food industry.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the food and confectionery industry. Method of hard pan coating an edible core comprises mixing a red radish anthocyanin-containing colorant with water to form an aqueous colorant solution. Further, method comprises adjusting the pH of the aqueous colorant solution to about 4 to about 6, and, optionally, reducing the water content of the solution to form pH-adjusted colorant. Said pH-adjusted colorant is mixed with a sucrose-based syrup to form a colored sucrose-based syrup. Yellow colorant is mixed with one or more constituents and mixtures of said steps such that the yellow colorant is incorporated into the colored sucrose-based syrup. Said colored sucrose-based syrup is applied to an edible core to provide at least one layer of a hard panned coating. Invention relates to a sucrose-based, hard panned coating which comprises sucrose and pH-adjusted red radish anthocyanin-containing colorant, wherein the coating is substantially crystalline, and has a red or orange hue described by a CIELCH color space h° coordinate from about 15° to about 70°. Invention relates to a hard panned confection comprising an edible core coated with a sucrose-based, hard panned coating. To provide alternatives to synthetic colorants for coloring red or orange color tones of a hard panned confectionery coating, the colorant is preferably natural.EFFECT: production of said colorants avoids the need to adjust the pH of the colored syrup to make it suitable for hard panning.15 cl, 3 tbl, 3 exИзобретение относится к пищевой и кондитерской промышленности. Способ нанесения твердого дражировочного покрытия на пищевую сердцевину включает смешивание красителя, содержащего антоциан красной редьки, с водой с получением водного раствора красителя. Далее регулируют рН водного раствора красителя до уровня от около 4 до около 6 и при необходимости снижают содержание воды в растворе с получением рН-отрегулированного красителя. Смешивают рН-отрегулир
