Natural crystalline colorant and process for production

摘要

A crystalline pigment or colorant composition having high color intensity and/or low sugar content, and methods and processes of preparation. The composition may comprise purified fruit and/or vegetable color juices.

主权项

1. A process, comprising:
a. purifying a juice of a plant containing pigments by removing at least a portion of non-pigment compounds from the juice to extract a purified pigment; and b. drying the purified pigment by refractive window drying to produce a purified, crystalline product that has an increased color intensity and decreased sugar content on a dry weight basis than the juice.