Coloring matter for foods
AssigneeFuji Oil Company, Limited
InventorsMaremi Oura, Haruo Tsumura, Hayato Kubota
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Abstract
A brown coloring matter for foods essentially consisting of fine shea nut meal, preferably that obtained by washing with water, treating with an alcohol solution, heating per se, heating in the presence of an acid or an alkali, heating in the presence of an amino acid and a reducing sugar, or a combination of two or more of these treatments so as to reduce or remove the unpleasant smell and taste thereof, and a method for coloring foods by using the coloring matter.
Claims8
A coloring matter for foods consisting essentially of shea nut meal having a particle size of not more than 100 microns, which is produced by treating shea nut meal with a medium selected from the group consisting of water and 10-99% (W/V) aqueous ethanol solution at 10.degree.-80.degree. C., said water and aqueous ethanol solution being used in an amount of more than 2.5 times and 0.05 to 5 times, respectively, as much as the volume of the shea nut meal to be treated.
A coloring matter for foods consisting essentially of shea nut meal having a particle size of not more than 100 microns, which is produced by subjecting shea nut meal to heat treatment at 110.degree.-160.degree. C. for 10-60 minutes.
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