Carotenoid compositions containing modified gum acacia

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9332777-B2
Application number	US-201113326352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2011
Priority date	Mar 15, 2007
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

Compositions containing modified gum acacia, less than 40% oil and carotenoids, where the gum acacia has been subjected to a heat-treatment at a temperature between 100° C. and 115° C. for 1 to 38 hours. These compositions allow preparation of emulsions having a very high color intensity and color stability and useful for the enrichment, fortification and/or coloration of food beverages, animal feed, cosmetics or pharmaceutical compositions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composition for the enrichment, fortification and/or coloration of a food, beverage, animal feed, cosmetic, or pharmaceutical, said composition comprising effective amounts of a modified gum acacia and at least one carotenoid, wherein the modified gum acacia has been subjected to a heat-treatment at a temperature between 100° C. and 115° C. for 13 to 38 hours, characterized in that the composition comprises less than 40 weight-% oil, based on the total composition in dry matter, wherein the composition further comprises octenyl succinic anhydride modified food starch and one or more adjuvants and/or excipients, wherein said one or more adjuvants and or/excipients comprises maltodextrin, and
wherein (the amount of modified gum acacia)/(the amounts of modified gum acacia+the amount of octenyl succinic anhydride modified food starch+the amount of maltodextrin)>=70%.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises between 0.1-50 weight-% carotenoids, based on the total composition in dry matter.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one carotenoid is β-carotene.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-treatment of gum acacia is performed for more than 15 and less than 24 hours.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the gum acacia is acacia senegal.

6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition possesses a color intensity value (E1/1) of at least 500, wherein the color intensity E1/1 is the absorbance of a 1% solution and a thickness of 1 cm and is calculated as follows: E1/1=(Amax-A650)*dilution factor/(weight of sample*content of product form in %).

7. A process for the manufacture of the composition according to claim 1 comprising:
I) dissolving gum acacia, which has been modified by a heat-treatment at a temperature between 100 C and 115 C for 14 to 38 hours, in water, to form a solution,
II) adding an organic solvent to a mixture of at least one carotenoid, octenyl succinic anhydride modified food starch, and maltodextrin, and
III) combining the mixture of step H with the solution of step I),
characterized in that the composition comprises less than 40 weight-% oil, based on the total composition in dry matter.

8. The process according to claim 7 , further comprising the steps of:
IV) emulsifying the combination of step ill, and
V) drying the emulsion.

9. The process according to claim 8 , wherein polysaccharides are also added in step II).

10. A method for the enrichment, fortification and/or coloration of food, beverages, animal feed, cosmetics or pharmaceutical compositions comprising adding the composition of claim 1 thereto.

11. A process for the manufacture of a beverage comprising mixing an effective amount of the composition according to claim 1 with a beverage.

Assignees

• Hitzfeld Andrea
• Leuenberger Bruno H
• Vidoni Olivia
• Dsm Ip Assets Bv

Inventors

• Hitzfeld Andrea
• Leuenberger Bruno H
• Vidoni Olivia

Classifications

• A61K8/9794

  Liliopsida [monocotyledons] · CPC title

• A61K8/9789

  Magnoliopsida [dicotyledons] · CPC title

• C08K5/01

  Hydrocarbons {(C08K5/0091 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A23K20/179

  Colouring agents, e.g. pigmenting or dyeing agents · CPC title

• A23L2/58

  Colouring agents · CPC title