Handbook on Natural Pigments in Food and Beverages (2^nd Ed.) Industrial Applications for Improving Food Color Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition Series

Handbook on Natural Pigments in Food and Beverages: Industrial Applications for Improving Color, Second Edition focuses on a color solution for a specific commodity, providing food scientists with a one-stop, comprehensive reference on how to improve the color of a particular food product. The book includes two new chapters that highlight the physical and biological fundamentals of color, as well as the specific use of curcumin and carthamin. Sections focus on specific industrial applications of natural colorants, with chapters covering the use of natural colorants in a variety of products. Other sections highlight technical formulation and potential health benefits of specific colorants.

Various pigments which can be used to effectively color food and beverage commodities are presented with information on safety and testing throughout.

Part I: Consumer expectations and legal framework of food colorants 1. Food Color and Coloring Food: Quality, Differentiation and Regulatory Requirements in the European Union and the United States 2. Differentiation and Regulatory Requirements in the Asian Markets3. The Psychological effects of food colours

Part II: General Considerations About Natural Pigments 4. Physical and biological fundamentals of colour and its perception5. Anthocyanins 6. Betalains 7. Carotenoids 8. Chlorophylls 9. Curcumin and carthamin

Part III: Specific industrial applications of natural colorants10. One – Application Notes 11. Colouring aqueous food types 12. Colouring low-moisture and gelatinized food products 13. Ice Cream 14. Applications of Different Curing Approaches and Natural Colorants in Meat Products 15. Coloration of Cereal-based Products 16. Overview on the production of food and beverages colours based on natural pigments17. Improvement and stabilization of Red Wine Color 18. Feed Additives for Influencing the Color of Fish and Crustaceans 19. Feed Additives for Influencing Chicken Meat and Egg Yolk Color 20. Technological formulation of natural pigments

Part VI – Recent Developments and Future Perspectives 21. Underutilized fruits and vegetables as potential novel pigment sources 22. Current and Potential Natural Pigments from Microorganisms 23. Natural solutions for Blue Colors in Food 24. The Carmine Problem and Potential Alternatives 25. Improving color sources by plant breeding and cultivation 26. Recent Insights into Health Benefits: Carotenoids 27. Recent Insights into Health Benefits: Anthocyanins 28. Recent Insights into Health Benefits: Curcumin28. Coloration of cereal-based products30. Improvement and stabilization of wine colour 31. Feed additives for influencing meat, fish, and egg yolk colour

Part IV: Recent developments and future perspectives32.Underutilized fruits and vegetables as potential novel pigment sources 33. Potential natural pigments of microbial origin 34. Natural solutions for blue colours in food 35. The “carmine problem” and potential alternatives 36. Improving colour sources by plant breeding and cultivation 37. Recent insights into health benefits of natural pigments

• Provides a fully revised and updated resource on current regulatory standards and legislation
• Includes new chapters on both emerging ingredients and the latest technologies
• Focuses on the use of natural food colorants by specific product category per chapter rather than one pigment class per chapter
• Contains a current and comprehensive overview of product-specific coloration approaches