| abstract |
patent summary of the invention: "carotenoid composition for staining". the present invention relates to a composition for coloring food, drinks, animal feed, cosmetics or medicaments, 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, thus, miscible with the fraction of emulsifiable carotenoid in oil-in-water, mixed in a ratio of between 1: 100 to 100: 1. the present invention further relates to a method of preparing the coloring composition, a method of preparing a food, drink, animal feed, cosmetic or medicament and a food, drink, animal feed, cosmetic or medicament comprising the composition coloring. |