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US 2025/0176584 A1Published application
Color-Changing Food Product and Method of Making a Color-Changing Food Product
OwnerHanna E. Moser, Jessica Yang +2inventors
InventorsHanna E. Moser, Jessica Yang, Lydia Anderson VerLee, Zachary Henderson
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Abstract
Food products that change color upon exposure to high heat are provided. In one aspect, the food product includes a primary colorant that exhibits significant loss of color or change in color upon exposure to high heat and at least one additional colorant. The food product may be a marshmallow, marbit, or meringue.
Claims20
A color-changing food product, the food product comprising:
- a mixture of two or more food ingredients;
- at least one primary colorant that exhibits significant loss of color, increase in color, or change in color upon exposure to high heat;
- and
- at least one additional colorant,
- wherein the at least one primary colorant and at least one additional colorant are included in amounts effective to provide a color to the food product that changes from one of a pink, orange, blue, green, yellow, red, purple, or green color to another of a pink, orange, blue, green, yellow, red, purple, or green color upon exposure to high heat.
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A method of making a color-changing food product, the method comprising:
- combining two or more ingredients to form a food mixture;
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- when the food mixture is at a temperature of no more than 150° F., adding at least one primary colorant and at least one additional colorant to form the color-changing food product,
- wherein the at least one primary colorant and at least one additional colorant are included in amounts effective to provide a color to the food product that changes from one of a pink, orange, blue, green, yellow, red, purple, or green color to another of a pink, orange, blue, green, yellow, red, purple, or green color upon exposure to high heat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.