Product Name Zeaxanthin
CAS 144-68-3
Use Part Flower
Appearance Orange Powder
Specification 5%-70%
Test method HPLC
Extract Source
Zeaxanthin is a fat-soluble pigment component of lutein and is a dihydroxy derivative of β-carotene. Zeaxanthin is abundant in plant tissues such as green vegetables, corn seeds, wolfberry and sour berry fruits, and in some non-photosynthetic bacteria.
In the food industry, zeaxanthin, as a natural food pigment, is gradually replacing synthetic pigments such as tartrazine and sunset yellow. The research and development of health products with zeaxanthin as the main functional ingredient will have broad market prospects.
Application
1. Food colorants
One oxygen-containing group on the two six-membered carbon rings in the zeaxanthin molecule makes it more stable, preventing it from being converted into vitamin A after being absorbed by the intestines, and still retains its original color. and molecular structure, with strong coloring ability. Zeaxanthin, as a natural food colorant, has been approved as a food coloring by many countries in Europe and the United States. Zeaxanthin-containing materials become ideal feed colorants.
2. Food preservatives
The antioxidant activity of zeaxanthin can prevent the oxidation of lipids and vitamins in food, prevent the nutrients and flavor of food from being destroyed by oxidation, and extend the shelf life of food. Therefore, zeaxanthin is an ideal natural food. preserver. Currently, zeaxanthin is commonly used in solid foods.
3. New drinks
Zeaxanthin is widely found in fruits, vegetables, and flowers. As one of the main components of carotenoids, it has the effect of preventing AMD, cataracts, cardiovascular diseases, etc.
4. Feed additives
Due to its excellent coloring ability, zeaxanthin is favored by producers as a cost-effective colorant in the poultry industry. Zeaxanthin is used as a feed additive to effectively improve the nutritional status of animals and the color of egg yolks, poultry meat and skin. In meat poultry, zeaxanthin is deposited in the claws, beaks and subcutaneous fat to color it and improve the quality of poultry carcasses. In the body of egg-laying poultry, zeaxanthin is deposited in the yolk to make it yellow, improving the quality of the egg and increasing its nutritional value.
In the modern poultry industry, in order to meet the needs of the market, feed companies often add excessive amounts of synthetic commercial colorants to the feed, which not only greatly increases the cost, but is also detrimental to human health. Therefore, zeaxanthin from natural biological sources has become an ideal feed colorant, and the application of safe and non-toxic natural pigments to replace synthetic pigments is the trend of industrial development.
Zeaxanthin itself is a normal component in food. It has both nutritional enhancement and certain pharmacological effects. It has a positive effect on regulating animal body metabolism and is in line with the development direction of "natural", "nutritional" and "multifunctional" natural food additives.
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