abstract |
patent summary: "carotenoid composition for staining". The present invention relates to a food, beverage, animal feed, cosmetic or drug coloring composition which comprises: 1) dissolved carotenoid emulsified as an oil-in-water emulsion using a suitable emulsifier and 2) crystalline carotenoid encapsulated in a suitable hydrocolloid, making it dispersible in water and thereby miscible with the oil-in-water emulsifiable carotenoid fraction, mixed at a ratio of between 1: 100 to 100: 1. The present invention further relates to a method of preparing the coloring composition, a method for preparing a food, beverage, animal feed, cosmetic or medicament and a food, beverage, animal feed, cosmetic or medicament comprising the composition. of coloring. |