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US 9,427,010 B2Granted
Carotenoid-containing composition
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorShinichiro Serizawa
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Abstract
A carotenoid-containing composition, comprising: a carotenoid component comprising at least one crystalline carotenoid, at least 90% by mass of the crystalline carotenoid being non-crystalline; a (poly)glycerol fatty acid ester having from 1 to 6 glycerin units and from 1 to 6 fatty acid units and having at least one hydroxyl group from a glycerin unit; and at least one phenolic antioxidant selected from the group consisting of aromatic carboxylic acids, cinnamic acids, and ellagic acids.
Claims13
A carotenoid-containing, oil-in-water emulsified composition, comprising:
- a carotenoid component comprising at least one crystalline carotenoid, at least 90% by mass of the crystalline carotenoid being non-crystalline;
- a (poly)glycerol fatty acid ester having from 1 to 6 glycerin units and from 1 to 6 fatty acid units and having at least one hydroxyl group from a glycerin unit;
- and
- at least one phenolic antioxidant selected from the group consisting of aromatic carboxylic acids, cinnamic acids, and ellagic acids,
- wherein:
- the composition is oil-in-water emulsified;
- the crystalline carotenoid is lycopene;
- and
- the (poly)glycerol fatty acid ester has a hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity balance designated by the acronym HLB of 6 or less.
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