The application of a phycocyanin extract obtained from Arthrospira platensis as a blue natural colorant in beverages

• Published in: Journal of applied phycology Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 3059 - 3070
• Main Authors: García, Ana Belén, Longo, Eleonora, Bermejo, Ruperto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algae; algology; Analytical methods; Arthrospira platensis; Beverages; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cold storage; Color; Colorimetry; Coloring agents; Colour; Cyanobacteria; Dyes; Ecology; Food additives; Food industry; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; industry; Life Sciences; Phycobiliproteins; Phycocyanin; Pigments; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Proteins; Spectroscopy; Stability; water solubility; Colorimetry; C-phycocyanin; Colored beverages; Color stability; Natural food colorants
• ISSN: 0921-8971; 1573-5176
• DOI: 10.1007/s10811-021-02522-z

Currently, the food additive industry has interest in replacing artificial dyes with natural pigments, trying to maintain consumer interest and increase their awareness towards healthy diets. Phycobiliproteins are light-harvesting and water-soluble proteins extracted from cyanobacteria and red algae...