ORANGE AND RED ANTHOCYANIN-CONTAINING COLORANTS

摘要

The present application is directed to a method of hard pan coating an edible core, a sucrose-based, hard panned coating, and a hard panned confection comprising an edible core coated with the same. The sucrose-based, hard panned coating comprises sucrose and a pH-adjusted red radish anthocyanin-containing colorant, is substantially crystalline, and has a red or orange hue described by a CIELCH color space h° coordinate of from about 15° to about 70°. In some embodiments, the coating further comprises a yellow colorant. The colorants are desirably naturally sourced to provide alternatives to synthetic colorants for coloring hard panned confectionery coatings in red or orange hues.

主权项

1. A method of hard pan coating an edible core comprising:
(a) admixing a red radish anthocyanin-containing colorant with water to form an aqueous colorant solution; (b) adjusting the pH of the aqueous colorant solution to from about 4 to about 6, and, optionally, reducing the water content of the solution to form a pH-adjusted colorant; (c) admixing the pH-adjusted colorant with a sucrose-based syrup to form a colored sucrose-based syrup; (d) admixing a yellow colorant with one or more constituents and admixtures of steps (a), (b), and (c) such that the yellow colorant is incorporated into the colored sucrose-based syrup; and (e) applying the colored sucrose-based syrup to an edible core to provide at least one layer of a hard panned coating.