Dragon fruit is expensive.

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4. I think I used it once and just switched to food coloring after that

The color is wonderful but it has no flavor at all. Not worth the money.

If you're making pink sauce, the food coloring should work OK, although dragon fruit has a little more blue in its color. That's necessary to give the sauce that classic Pepto Bismol shade of pink. The stuff looks intriguing, I generally like anything that contains chili, garlic, and basic white salad dressing ingredients.

Here's the recipe I'd probably use if someone requested it: https://www.sidechef.com/recipes/162527/homemade_pink_sauce/ I'd forget the dragon fruit and use food coloring, honestly.

There was controvery over it at first because it was made fresh for sale and not properly stored. It is now being sold bottled and heated to kill bacteria. Unfortunately, high heat turns dragon fruit pink into a muddy brown. Make it fresh, I think, it's not a difficult sauce to make. I'd probably just skip the coloring entirely, I don't think the sauce needs it.