Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.

Anthony Vandenhombergh

Paul H Todd, Jr

Donald Richard Berdahl

Carrie Young

The present invention is concerned withplants producing greater than about 0.4% zeaxanthin, by weight in the dried, ripe fruit pod flesh, which plants have been developed from commercially growncultivars by plant breeding techniques. Zeaxanthin is the dominant carotenoid in the dried ripe fruit pod flesh, when measured in non-esterified forms. Alternatively, these plants may be characterized as exhibiting a high pigmentation measured as an ASTA value and further characterized by the predominant presence of zeaxanthin. The zeaxanthin derived from theseplants can be used in applications that include nutritional supplements, foods, functional foods, cosmetics, animal feeds, aquaculture feeds, and pharmaceuticals.

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Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Anthony Vandenhombergh