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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Suntory Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; C09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8646 ; 8438 ; 8591 ; 8602 ;
Abstract
A natural blue dye composition that has improved stability and which can be used as a colorant in a broad range of applications including foodstuffs and drugs, and a process for preparing the same are disclosed. Genipin which is derived from gardenia fruit by hydrolysis of iridoid glycoside geniposide under action of .beta.-glucosidase, is reacted with taurine to produce a stable blue dye compositions.