STUDIES ON THE UTILIZATION OF NATURAL CAROTENOIDS EXTRACTED FROM BALADY MANGO WASTES | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 24, Volume 78, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 1265-1278 PDF (2.98 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2000.322712 | ||
| Author | ||
| HAMED S. HAMED | ||
| Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was performed to extract, identify and determine the natural pigments in Balady mango wastes. The study also aimed at utilizing the separated natural pigments in coloring both fat base foods (butter) and water base-foods (ice cream). The obtained results reveal that it was successful and economic to separate natural pigments from Balady mango wastes. These natural pigments were carotenoids (5.6 g/ 1009 of Balady mango wastes, on dry weights basis). It was also ascertained that 8-carotene was the predominant fraction among the seven fractions of carotenoids identified by thin layer chromatography. The results indicated the possibility and suitability of utilizing the separated natural pigments in coloring fat base foods i.e. butter and water base foods such as ice cream instead of the artificel colorants which proved to be harmful to the human health. | ||
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