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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2022
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Thomas M. Collins, Chicago, IL (US);
Rebecca J. Robbins, Chicago, IL (US);
Randall Powers, Chicago, IL (US);
Justin Siegel, Oakland, CA (US);
Pamela Ruth Denish, Oakland, CA (US);
Kathryn Gwendolyn Guggenheim, Oakland, CA (US);
MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for converting mixtures of anthocyanins occurring in fruit or vegetable juice or extract into particular anthocyanin molecules having desirable colorant properties are provided herein. The method of the present disclosure can be employed to increase the amount of particular anthocyanin molecules, while lowering the total number of anthocyanin molecules present in the natural juice and/or extract. The disclosure is also directed to anthocyanin molecules prepared by the methods of present disclosure and to enzymes capable of catalyzing reactions that provide such effects.