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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2020
Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Junya Yamashita, Osaka, JP;
Kaori Miura, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Fujimori, Osaka, JP;
GLICO NUTRITION CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: ablue pigment which contains a product of a reaction between genipin and a compound having a primary amino group, and which offers a bright, fresh blue color tone having reduced redness; and a method for producing same. Thisblue pigment, which offers a bright, fresh blue color tone having reduced redness, is obtained by carrying out a first step in which genipin and at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of soybean peptides, sesame peptides, and rice peptides are reacted in a solvent without supplying an oxygen-containing gas, and a second step in which a reaction liquid obtained in the first step is processed under an oxygen-containing gas supply.