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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Johanna Henrica Gerdina Maria Mutsaers, Den Hoorn, NL;
Thibaut José Wenzel, Leiden, NL;
Lex DE Boer, Wateringen, NL;
Albertus Alard Van Dijk, Vlaardingen, NL;
Rutger Jan Van Rooijen, Ede, NL;
Johanna Henrica Gerdina Maria Mutsaers, Den Hoorn, NL;
Thibaut José Wenzel, Leiden, NL;
Lex De Boer, Wateringen, NL;
Albertus Alard Van Dijk, Vlaardingen, NL;
Rutger Jan Van Rooijen, Ede, NL;
DSM IP ASSETS B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a food product whereby an intermediate form of said food product comprises a pigment, which process comprises adding at least one enzyme that is effective in directly converting said pigment into a form which results in increasing the whiteness of at least part of the food product compared to the food product for which said enzyme is not added during its production. The invention also relates to food products obtained from the process of the invention.