Patent
Provided is a Gardenia pigment preparation that can stably maintain a dissolved state of Gardenia blue pigment in an acidic range. The Gardenia pigment preparation comprises Gardenia blue pigment and lecithin.
1. A Gardenia pigment preparation comprising Gardenia blue pigment and an enzymatically decomposed lecithin, wherein the enzymatically decomposed lecithin is selected from high purity powdered lysolecithin and lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) enriched lysolecithin, wherein the mass ratio of the Gardenia blue pigment and the enzymatically decomposed lecithin is 0.5/1 to 10/1 Gardenia blue pigment/lecithin when the Gardenia blue pigment has a color value of 500, wherein the color value is expressed as (E 10% 1cm ), and
wherein the Gardenia blue pigment is stable when the Gardenia pigment preparation is at a pH from 2.0 to 5.0.