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Title: Coloring agents for edible materials
Claims: What I claim is: 1. A method of imparting a red hue to edible acidic materials which comprises incorporating into said edible acidic materials, in an amount effective to impart red hue thereto as a coloring agent, a stabilized solid solution consisting essentially of 0.1 to 40 percent by weight of FD & C Red No. 3 and 99.9 to 60 percent by weight of edible gelatin, said solid solution optionally containing sufficient amounts of edible colorants selected from the group consisting of FD & C Blue No. 1, FD & C Blue No. 2, FD & C Yellow No. 5 and FD & C Yellow No. 6 to impart a desired shade of red hue to said edible acidic materials. 2. A stabilized solid solution as a coloring agent for imparting a red hue to edible acidic materials consisting essentially of 0.1 to 40 percent by weight of FD & C Red No. 3 and 99.9 to 60 percent by weight of edible gelatin, said solid solution optionally containing sufficient amounts of edible colorants selected from the group consisting of FD & C Blue No. 1, FD & C Blue No. 2, FD & C Yellow No. 5 and FD & C Yellow No. 6 to impart a desired shade of red hue to said edible acidic materials. 3. A stabilized solid solution according to claim 2 consisting essentially of 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of FD & C Red No. 3 and 99.9 to 70 percent by weight of edible gelatin. 4. A stabilized solid solution according to claim 2 consisting essentially of 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of FD & C Red No. 3, 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of FD & C Blue No. 1 and 99.8 to 65 percent by weight of edible gelatin. 5. A colored edible acidic material which comprises the edible acidic material and as a coloring agent a stabilized solid solution consisting essentially of 0.1 to 40 percent by weight of FD & C Red No. 3 and from 99.9 to 60 percent by weight of edible gelatin, said solid solution optionally containing sufficient amounts of edible colorants selected from the group consisting of FD & C Blue No. 1, FD & C Blue No. 2, FD & C Yellow No. 5 and FD & C Yellow No. 6 to impart a desired shade of red hue to said edible acidic material. 6. The edible acidic material of claim 5 wherein the edible acidic material is a gelatin dessert. 7. The edible acidic material of claim 5 wherein the edible acidic material is a carbonated or non-carbonated beverage. 8. The beverage of claim 7 wherein the beverage is carbonated. 9. The beverage of claim 7 wherein the beverage is non-carbonated. 10. A process for preparing a stabilized solid solution consisting essentially of 0.1 to 40 percent by weight of FD & C Red No. 3 and 99.9 to 60 percent by weight of edible gelatin, said solid solution optionally containing sufficient amounts of edible colorants selected from the group consisting of FD & C Blue No. 1, FD & C Blue No. 2, FD & C Yellow No. 5 and FD & C Yellow No. 6 to impart a desired shade of red hue to said edible acidic materials which comprises: (a) dissolving the edible gelatin in water; (b) dissolving the FD & C Red No. 3 and optionally one or more of the other shade-imparting edible colorants in the gelatin-water solution; (c) evaporating the water from the gelatin-FD & C Red No. 3-water solution; and (d) comminuting the residual gelatin-FD & C Red No. 3 solid solution to the desired particle size. Other info: Inventors: Werner, Raymond E. (Cincinnati, OH, US) Application Number: 823801 Filing Date: 1977-08-11 Publication_date: 1979-02-13 Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc. (New York, NY) Primary Class(es): 426/250 426/540, 426/576, 426/590 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Other References: Certified Food Colors, Warner-Jenkinson Manufacturing Co., 1969, pp. 20-23, 46, 35-38. | |