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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1997
Frank Runge, Maxdorf, DE;
Georg Konrad Zwissler, Bad Dürkheim, DE;
Lutz End, Mannheim, DE;
Loni Schweikert, Altrip, DE;
Dieter Horn, Heidelberg, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The use of solubilized carotenoid preparations is described for coloring foods, wherein solubilized carotenoid preparations are used which are produced by heating a suspension comprising from 1 to 40% by weight of one or more carotenoids, from 20 to 90% by weight of one or more nonionogenic emulsifiers and from 0 to 50% by weight of other additives to from 120 to 200° C. for a short time and turbulently mixing the homogeneous solution with amounts of water or an aqueous solution comprising hydrophilic antioxidants with or without other surface-active additives at from 10 to 95° C. to form a solubilized preparation having a carotenoid content of from 0.5 to 10% by weight.