With the development of the plant extract market, in addition to functional products, there are also a type of products with special uses that are gradually favored by the market. Considering the importance attached by contemporary people to dietary safety, all kinds of brightly colored foods also require healthy dyeing products. Today, I will introduce several natural pigments to you.
The application of natural pigments is very extensive in our life. Usually used in the food and beverage industry, common meat products, candy, snacks, bread, ice cream, and various dishes. The most common are the following:
1. Red: Capsanthin, a tetraterpenoid natural pigment extracted from the fruit of ripe red peppers, belongs to carotenoids.
2. Purple: Anthocyanins, a class of water-soluble natural pigments that widely exist in plants in nature, and are colored aglycones obtained by hydrolysis of anthocyanins.
3. Orange yellow: Curcumin, a diketone compound extracted from the rhizomes of some plants in Zingiberaceae and Araceae, mainly extracted from turmeric.
4. Dark violet red: Monascus red pigment, a traditional natural functional food pigment produced by the fermentation of Monascus in my country.
5. Green: chlorophyll copper sodium salt, extracted from natural green plant tissues, such as silkworm dung, clover, alfalfa, bamboo, etc.
6. Blue: Gardenia blue pigment, made from the fruits of Rubiaceae Gardenia (Gardenia augusta var.gardiflora; G.florida and G.jasminoides). Natural colorants extracted using modern biotechnology.
In addition to the above-mentioned common pigments, we usually use spinach as a natural pigment, such as spinach noodles that are often eaten in the north, to ensure nutrition and increase appetite with bright green.
In addition to the role of their own pigments, natural pigments usually have certain health care functions. For example, anthocyanins are widely added to various eye care health care products. With the development of the big health industry, it has become a trend for natural pigments to gradually replace industrial pigments in the food field. In the future, I will share some knowledge of natural pigments with you.
