Food & Nutrition

Arab Journal of Food & Nutrition
obvious decrease in retention in case those solutions stored at room temperature.
Addition of antioxidant and sugar increased the degradation rate of the pigments stored
at room temperature. On the other hand, addition of antioxidant had no effect on these
samples stored at refrigeration temperature.
The pigment extracts were applied to foods such as gelatin desserts, yoghurt,
and carbonated beverages. Preliminary organoleptic evaluation showed acceptability
of the colors of the treated foods by subjects especially when AE was used as colorant.
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