Carotenoid formulation
AssigneeLycored Natural Products Industries Ltd.
InventorsNissim Garti, Morris Zelkha, Tanya Sedlov
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Abstract
The present invention discloses the use of a lycopene coated with a water non-soluble thin film comprising amphiphilic protein polymer for coloring with red color, foods, pharmaceuticals or cosmetics having fat and/or oil contents higher than 5%. The invention further discloses a process for the preparation of stable lycopene formulation comprising (a) treating an isolated protein to form a protein in a molecular form; (b) dispersing lycopene in an aqueous solution comprising an isolated protein in a molecular form; (c) grinding said dispersion to form lycopene particle size of 1 to 10 μm forming an homogenized mixture comprising fine particles; and optionally (d) drying the homogenized mixture.
Claims17
A method for coloring with a red coloring material a food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition having a fat and/or oil content greater than 5% comprising lycopene coated with a water non-soluble thin film comprising an amphiphilic protein polymer, comprising
- dispersing lycopene crystals in an aqueous solution comprising an amphiphilic protein polymer,
- grinding said lycopene crystals to a particle size of 1 to 10 μm in said solution, thereby coating said lycopene crystals with a film comprising said amphiphilic protein polymer, to obtain coated, ground lycopene crystals,
- preparing a particulate red coloring material comprising said coated, ground lycopene crystals, and
- incorporating the red coloring material in a red coloring-effective amount in the food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition containing greater than 5% of a fat and/or oil, wherein
- the coated ground lycopene crystals are constructed and adapted to be protected and are protected from dissolution in the fat and/or oil in the food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic, whereby the lycopene crystals retain their red coloring.
A method for coloring a food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic with a red coloring material, comprising
- incorporating a red coloring-effective amount of the red coloring material in the food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic, wherein
- said red coloring material is in particulate form and comprises crystalline lycopene particles of 1-10 μm each coated with a film comprising an amphiphilic protein polymer,
- the lycopene comprising 1-15% (w/w) of the particulate coloring material, and
- the food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic has a fat and/or oil content greater than 5%.
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