	US 12,256,767 B2
	Gardenia blue pigment and method for producing the same
Masahiro Nishikawa, Osaka (JP); Junya Yamashita, Osaka (JP); Kaori Miura, Osaka (JP); and Kenichi Fujimori, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to GLICO NUTRITION CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/603,675
Filed by GLICO NUTRITION CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/015493 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/213447, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-078125 (JP), filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232864 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 5/43 (2016.01); C07D 311/94 (2006.01)

CPC A23L 5/43 (2016.08) [C07D 311/94 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)]

5 Claims

1. A gardenia blue pigment, wherein, when prepared as a solution with a color value E^10%_{1 cm}of 0.1 by diluting with water, the gardenia blue pigment has an L* value of 66 or more and an a* value of −24 or less in the Lab color space.