[Product Overview]

Marigold is the main raw material for extracting lutein and carotenoids. The average content of yellow pigment is no less than 12g per kg. This pigment is a pollution-free natural pigment.

Lutein, also known as carotenoid, carotenol, phytolutein, nuclear lutein, marigold and phytolutein, widely exists in vegetables, fruits and some flowers, and is the general name of a class of natural pigments. Orange yellow powder, paste or liquid, insoluble in water, soluble in organic solvents such as hexane. It belongs to carotenoid active substances. Lutein is widely used in health products, food and other fields. At the same time, it is widely used in feed as a natural colorant.

[Other Name]: lutein, carotene, marigold extract and plant chlorophyll.

[CAS ]︰127-40-2

[Molecular Formula]: C40H56O2

[Molecular weight]: 568.88

[Solubility]: lutein powder is insoluble in water, soluble in oil and fat solvent, and lutein microcapsule powder is soluble in water.

[Package specification]: standard package: 25kg/cardboard bucket; Bulk cargo: 1kg/bag

[Production process]: marigold petals → freeze-drying → crushing and sieving → adding the ethanol solution of the extractants THF and KOH in proportion, reacting at room temperature under nitrogen protection → filtering → rinsing → concentration → paste → dissolving in ethanol water solution (volume ratio 1:1) → adjusting the pH value of the extract to neutral with acetic acid → centrifuging the supernatant → crude lutein products.

[Storage conditions]: The product should be sealed and shaded, and stored in a dry, cool and well ventilated place.

[Shelf life]: 24 months

[Application]: It is a pigment extracted from marigold. Colorants, food additives and fresh-keeping ability. Scope of application: instant flavored food or its prefabricated products with milk as the main ingredient (excluding ice cream and flavored fermented milk); Frozen drinks (except edible ice); Jam; Candy; Canned coarse cereals; Convenient rice and flour products; Frozen rice and flour products; Cereals and starch desserts (canned cereal desserts); Baked food; Beverages (excluding packaged drinking water); jelly

[Effect of marigold extract]

(1) Oxidation resistance.

(2) Protect your vision.

[Application of marigold extract]

Tagetes erecta extract is widely used in food, feed, medicine and other food and chemical industries. It plays an important role in improving product color and is an indispensable additive in industrial and agricultural production.