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Plant Extracts as Coloring Agents by Nirmal Kumar Meena; Vijay Singh Meena; M. Verma; Subhrajyoti Mishra is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Plant Extracts as Coloring Agents about?

Colorful diet is the most magnifical achievement of nature. Consumer preference for natural color is growing rapidly because of the toxicity, allergic reactions, and environmental issues associated with synthetic dyes. The main groups of natural coloring pigments are carotenoids, anthocyanins, chlorophylls, and porphyrins, which are well distributed in plants and plant parts. Other than providing hue, these colorants have huge medicinal and health potentials and are used to cure many chronic diseases. Several natural colorants are extracted from the plant tissues and used as food colorant commercially. In the changing scenario, consumer needs safe and healthy food. Instead of using synthetic dyes with numerous ill health effects, replacement of dyes with natural pigments is the choicest preference. This chapter gives an introductory detail about natural color pigments, their uses, stability, source of extraction, and their regulatory standards for uses.

Author

Nirmal Kumar Meena; Vijay Singh Meena; M. Verma; Subhrajyoti Mishra

Publisher

Elsevier

Published

2022

Language

EN