An object of the present invention is to provide a gardenia blue pigment that exhibits a vivid blue tone that is bright and has reduced redness, and a method for producing the gardenia blue pigment. A gardenia blue pigment that exhibits a vivid blue tone that is bright and has reduced redness is obtained by carrying out the following first and second steps: the first step of reacting at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of soy peptide, sesame peptide, and rice peptide with genipin in a solvent without the supply of a gas containing oxygen; and the second step of treating the reaction solution obtained in the first step with the supply of a gas containing oxygen.

The present invention relates to a stabilized phycocyanin composition comprising a complexing agent and an encapsulating agent as stabilizer. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the composition and the use of the composition for coloring particularly food products.

The present invention relates to a stabilized phycocyanin composition comprising a complexing agent and an encapsulating agent as stabilizer. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the composition and the use of the composition for coloring particularly food products.

Methods of isolating dihydrochalcone compounds of Formula (I) from Balanophora harlandii are provided herein. Compositions and consumables comprising at least one sweetener and at least one dihydrochalcone compound described herein are also provided. Methods of enhancing the sweetness of a consumable, methods of making a consumable taste more like a sucrose-sweetened consumable and methods of preparing consumables are also detailed herein.

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Methods of isolating dihydrochalcone compounds of Formula (I) from Balanophora harlandii are provided herein. Compositions and consumables comprising at least one sweetener and at least one dihydrochalcone compound described herein are also provided. Methods of enhancing the sweetness of a consumable, methods of making a consumable taste more like a sucrose-sweetened consumable and methods of preparing consumables are also detailed herein.

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The present disclosure provides a nutritional formula comprising alpha-lactalbumin enriched whey protein concentrate; lactoferrin; oleic acid-palmitic acid-oleic acid triglyceride; lactose; lutein; docosahexanoic acid; arachidonic acid; galactooligosaccharides; and fructooligosaccharides. The provided nutritional formulas may be useful in providing nutrition and/or promoting postnatal development of a subject (e.g., promoting postnatal development of an infant's gastrointestinal tract, promoting proper gastrointestinal function, nutrient absorption, proper immune system development, etc.). Also provided are powder forms, reconstituted formulas, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a nutritional formula described herein.

The present disclosure provides a nutritional formula comprising alpha-lactalbumin enriched whey protein concentrate; lactoferrin; oleic acid-palmitic acid-oleic acid triglyceride; lactose; lutein; docosahexanoic acid; arachidonic acid; galactooligosaccharides; and fructooligosaccharides. The provided nutritional formulas may be useful in providing nutrition and/or promoting postnatal development of a subject (e.g., promoting postnatal development of an infant's gastrointestinal tract, promoting proper gastrointestinal function, nutrient absorption, proper immune system development, etc.). Also provided are powder forms, reconstituted formulas, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a nutritional formula described herein.

Disclosed is a curcumin nanoparticle, including curcumin as core material and a wall material, where a weight ratio of the curcumin to the wall material is (5.5-7.5):100, and the wall material includes gum arabic and zein in a weight ratio of (1-5):5. The disclosure further provides a method of making the curcumin nanoparticle and a curcumin beverage containing the curcumin nanoparticle.

Disclosed is a curcumin nanoparticle, including curcumin as core material and a wall material, where a weight ratio of the curcumin to the wall material is (5.5-7.5):100, and the wall material includes gum arabic and zein in a weight ratio of (1-5):5. The disclosure further provides a method of making the curcumin nanoparticle and a curcumin beverage containing the curcumin nanoparticle.

Provided is an anthocyanin pigment composition having the following features: (A) an aqueous solution containing the composition and adjusted to pH of 3 with a citrate buffer (pH: 3.0) has a maximum absorption wavelength of 500 to 550 nm in the visible light region; (B) when a pigment-composition-containing aqueous solution containing the composition, 0.2 mass % citric acid, 20 mass % ethanol, and water is prepared so as to have a color value E.sup.10%.sub.1 cm of 10, 1 mL of the aqueous solution is sealed in a 20-mL vial, and the vial is stored at 50° C. for 5 days and further maintained at 40° C. for 30 minutes, the total amount of methyl mercaptan, dimethyl disulfide, and dimethyl trisulfide in the gas in the sealed space of the vial is 100 pg/mL or less; and (C) the gas in the sealed space of the vial contains 5-methylthiopentanenitrile when the vial is maintained at 40° C. for 30 minutes in (B) above.