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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Bradley E. Weller, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Paul H. Todd, Jr., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Carrie Young, Portage, MI (US);
Anthony Van Den Hombergh, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Donald Berdahl, Lawton, MI (US);
KALAMAZOO HOLDINGS, INC., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is concerned with oleoresins derived fromplants producing greater than about 0.4% zeaxanthin, by weight in the dried, ripe fruit pod flesh, wherein zeaxanthin is the dominant carotenoid in the dried ripe fruit pod flesh, when measured in non-esterified forms, which plants have been developed by commercially growncultivars by plant breeding techniques. The oleoresin and zeaxanthin derived from theseplants can be used in applications that include nutritional supplements, foods, functional foods, cosmetics, animal feeds, aquaculture feeds, and pharmaceuticals.