To those foodies who love to color their dishes, but become hesitant when it comes to the availability of artificial extracts, can now just take-up their ladles and go about coloring their gravies and soups.
Foodies can just go about and thank the researchers from Hohenheim University, who have found out the all-new natural extract in cactus pear to color everything from desserts to instant meals.
The applicability of the cactus pear extracts ranges from fruit and cereal bars to meat substitutes and fruit juices. The functionality claims to give lots of amino acids, calcium, magnesium, and vitamins to its final-end consumers.
The report asserts that the fruit in its fresh stage is not only economical, but also feasible during industrial processing. The commercialization of cactus pear extract would prove to be a breakthrough in the area of concentrates and pigments, as the culinary industry and the food lovers will find their next healthy element, after fat-free oils, in natural food coloring extract.
