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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Deepti Dabas, Portage, MI (US);
Paulina Costa Zyskowski, Chicago, IL (US);
Lindsay Bond, St John's, MI (US);
Carol Locey, Manistee, MI (US);
Eric Engelman, Dorr, MI (US);
Anthony Van Den Hombergh, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
KALAMAZOO HOLDINGS, INC., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises a novel natural yellow colorant system to enhance the appearance of pickled and/or fermented vegetable products. Individually all-natural yellow pigments failed light stability investigations in pickled and/or fermented vegetable products—either the yellow hue of the brine solution faded, or the pulp/skin of the vegetable turned white, or both. Surprisingly combinations of these same individual natural yellow pigments not only created brine hues and vegetable coloring comparable to FD&C Yellow #5 products but remained stable in accelerated light stability investigations designed to mimic the real-time shelf-life of the products.