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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Charles Hobson, Burton-on-Trent, GB;
Roderick Norman Greenshields, West Glamorgan, GB;
Assignee:
Corn Products International, Inc., Bedford Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/14 ; C12N 1/16 ; C12N 1/18 ; C12P 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/14 ; C12N 1/16 ; C12N 1/18 ; C12P 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a coloring agent comprising glucan-containing yeast cell ghosts which comprise a proportion of substantially intact yeast cell walls and at least one color source. The color source is selected to give the desired color in the coloring agent and in any product in which the coloring agent is used and may be any dye or pigment. For uses such as in foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, the coloring agents must be acceptable for food and/or pharmaceutical use.