Green Solvents for Extraction of Natural Food Colorants from Plants: Selectivity and Stability Issues

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Consumers associate the color of food with its freshness and quality. More and more attention is being paid to natural colorants that bring additional health benefits to humans. Such natural substances are the carotenoids (yellow to orange), the anthocyanins (red to blue), and the betalains (red and yellow), which are very sensitive to exposure to light, air, high temperatures, and chemicals. Stability and diversity in terms of color can be optimized by using environmentally friendly and selective extraction processes that provide a balance between efficacy, safety, and stability of the resulting extracts. Green solvents like water, supercritical fluids, natural deep eutectic solvents, and ionic liquids are the most proper green solvents when combined with different extraction techniques like maceration, supercritical extraction, and ultrasound-assisted or microwave-assisted extraction. The choice of the right extracting agent is crucial for the selectivity of the extraction method and the stability of the prepared colorant. The present work reviews the green solvents used for the extraction of natural food colorants from plants and focuses on the issues related to the selectivity and stability of the products extracted.

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Tzanova, M. T., Yaneva, Z., Ivanova, D., Toneva, M., Grozeva, N., & Memdueva, N. (2024, February 1). Green Solvents for Extraction of Natural Food Colorants from Plants: Selectivity and Stability Issues. Foods. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13040605

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