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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Masahiro Numata, Moriya, JP;
Junichi Wakamatsu, Moriya, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiro Numata, Moriya, JP;
Junichi Wakamatsu, Moriya, JP;
Assignee:
Itoham Foods Inc., Kobe-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 4/023 (2006.01); A23L 1/27 (2006.01); C12C 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present inventors found that a natural red pigment can be obtained from hemoglobin and myoglobin whose metalloporphyrin moiety is zinc protoporphyrin, and made meat products, whale meat products, fish meat products and fish paste products that were colored with the natural red pigment. Consequently, it was possible to obtain food products stable to oxidation and exhibiting an excellent color tone without the need to use a color fixative, e.g. nitrite.