Orange and red anthocyanin-containing colorants
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorRebecca J. Robbins
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Abstract
The present application is directed to a method of hard pan coating an edible core, a sucrose-based, hard panned coating, and a hard panned confection comprising an edible core coated with the same. The sucrose-based, hard panned coating comprises sucrose and a pH-adjusted red radish anthocyanin-containing colorant, is substantially crystalline, and has a red or orange hue described by a CIELCH color space h° coordinate of from about 15° to about 70°. In some embodiments, the coating further comprises a yellow colorant. The colorants are desirably naturally sourced to provide alternatives to synthetic colorants for coloring hard panned confectionery coatings in red or orange hues.
Claims12
A sucrose-based, hard panned coating comprising sucrose and a red radish anthocyanin-containing colorant, wherein the red radish anthocvanin-containing colorant is pH-adjusted in aqueous solution to a pH of from about 4 to about 6 and the water content of the solution, is optionally reduced to provide the pH-adjusted red radish anthocyanin-containing colorant, and
- wherein the coating is substantially crystalline and has a red or orange hue described by a CIELCH color space h° coordinate of from about 15° to about 70°.
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