Francisco Delgado-Vargas, Octavio Paredes-Lopez

Natural Colorants for Food and Nutraceutical Uses

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Natural Colorants for Food Uses provides essential, practical information about natural pigments and their applications in the food industry. The authors present an overview of global colorants, including safety, toxicity and regulatory aspects. Natural colorants are emphasized, with information on inorganic and synthetic pigments included as appropriate. Special attention is given to characteristics, extraction and processing stability, nutraceutical properties and uses, and the use of biotechnology and molecular biology to increase colorant production. Future trends for the production and consumption of food colorants are analyzed and evaluated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781587160769
• ISBN-10: 1587160765
• Artikelnr.: 22269405

Autorenporträt

Octavio Paredes-Lopez, Francisco Delgado-Vargas

Inhaltsangabe

Colorants: From the Physical Phenomenon to their Nutraceutical Properties:
An Overview. The Color Phenomenon. Pigments. Pigments as Food Colorants.
Inorganic and Synthetic Pigments: History, Sources and Uses. Natural
Pigments: A Global Perspective. Carotenoids. Anthocyanins and Betalains.
Other Natural Pigments. Chemicals and Colorants as Nutraceuticals. List of
Abbreviations.