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Feed Additives Natural Food & Feed Colours - Current Status & Outlook by 2015
The trend towards 'natural' foods, has led in recent years to the substitution
of synthetic by natural or nature-identical colours in many food products and feeds.
In this survey we have discussed regulatory aspects for colours in the EU.
In a subsequent section we review the technology, applications, output producers,
prices, markets and outlook by 2015 for the following food and feed colours:
Lutein [tagetes extract] is a yellow pigment for colouration of poultry
skin and egg yolk. Capsanthin [paprika extract] is a red pigment often
combined with lutein for attaining an orange colour of egg yolk.
Astaxanthin is used as pink pigment in feed for salmon and trout.
Canthaxanthin has some use as pigment in poultry.
ß-carotene also has some applications as feed colour.
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