The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited

Simon Christopher Deroles

Huaibi Zhang

Kevin Davies

The invention provides a pigment composition comprising anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions or 'AVIs' from a plant, and an acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods for colouring products with the pigment composition, and products comprising the pigment composition or AVIs.

Pigment compositions comprising anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions

The invention provides a pigment composition comprising anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions or 'AVIs' from a plant, and an acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods for coloring products with the pigment composition, and products comprising the pigment composition or AVIs.

The invention provides a method for in vitro formation of anthocyanic vacuolar inclusion (AVI)-like structures, the method comprising the step of combining at least one anthocyanin, and b) at least one lipid. The invention also provides AVI-like structures produced by the method of the invention, compositions comprising such AVI-like structures, and uses of such AVI-like structures.

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Simon Christopher Deroles