Super-Stable colours
that pass the test
It’s no longer enough for food and
beverage products to look good —
customers now demand that the
colours that make them appealing are
achieved safely and naturally. More
than three in five consumers globally
try to avoid artificial colours.i
However, going natural can also
be technically challenging. Lycored
therefore works closely with
manufacturers to make it as easy as
possible for them to get the benefits of
the switch to natural without sacrificing
stability.
In line with that commitment, we
carry out frequent research into the
stability of our naturally derived
colour solutions. For example, we
recently tested the performance of
our carotenoid-derived colourants
in flavoured and coloured sparkling
waters – one of the beverage
categories for which they are ideal.
Sparkling water was added to and Lyc-O-Beta TM delivered excellent
strawberry-flavoured syrup and filled performance, demonstrating resistance
to 250ml in PET bottles with 200 to fading and ringing, and lack of
ppm of ascorbic acid added to prevent sedimentation.
colour fade over a 12-month shelf life.
Each sample was checked for ringing, Manufacturers now have greater
sediment and fade at regular intervals. opportunities than ever to colour
products naturally without
Six of the seven Lycored colours compromising on stability. In fact,
delivered good stability over 12 rather than creating limitations these
months, with no ringing at all over 12 super-stable colours offer new ways to
months in four of the samples. There position products as more natural and
was no sediment in five of the seven fresh, with longer shelf life.
samples, and clarity was good at the
end of 12 months for Lyc-O-Beta TM There is a long-standing perception
Researchers assessed the stability of Clear Emulsion and Tomat-O-Red TM that natural colours are harder to work
three colourants from our Tomat-O- NGNS. The other colourants provide with than artificial alternatives. We are
Red TM range, which is sourced from natural cloudy effect from the outset working towards a day when that is a
natural Lycopene from tomatoes, and all four retained their natural thing of the past.
and four from our Lyc-O-Beta TM cloudiness, which means no added range which is extracted from natural cloudifiers are required.
BetaCarotene.
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In summary, both Tomat-O-Red TM
super-stable-colours/
WRITTEN BY
Christiane
Lippert, Head
of Marketing,
Food, Lycored
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