Tomato as a Natural Source of Dyes in the Food Industry: A Patent Data Analysis.

Autor:	de Lima Silva V; Department of Food Science, Nutrition School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Leite BS; Department of Food Science, Nutrition School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., do Espírito Santo de Jesus F; Department of Food Science, Nutrition School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Martins LD; Department of Food Science, Nutrition School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Assunção LS; Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Leal IL; Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Food Technology Laboratory, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Colauto NB; Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Colauto GAL; Department of Food Science, Nutrition School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Souza Machado BA; SENAI Institute of Innovation (ISI) in Advanced Health Systems, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Ferreira Ribeiro CD; Department of Food Science, Nutrition School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Recent patents on nanotechnology [Recent Pat Nanotechnol] 2023; Vol. 17 (3), pp. 243-258.
DOI:	10.2174/1872210516666220523114141
Abstrakt:	Background: Foods that promote health benefits are being increasingly used. Innovative techniques, such as nanotechnology, have been used to improve functional properties, sensory characteristics, or the conservation of foods. Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the technological domain of patents for tomato products with or without nanotechnology and elucidate the technological advances associated with the recent use of tomatoes as a natural food dye in the food industry by exploring patent documents. Methods and Results: The search was conducted using the Espacenet and INPI databases. There was an increase in patent document applications employing nanotechnology in 2013, with a peak between 2017 and 2018. China is the lead country in the number of patent applications. In Brazil, the patent applications are variable, and the food industry is most involved in studies on tomatoes as a natural food dye. Most patent deposits using nanotechnology were from companies, and the main sources of the patent application were the food and pharmaceutical industries. Conclusion: There is an increasing trend for the use of tomatoes as natural food dyes, produced with or without nanotechnology, and number of patents filed yearly. New technologies are being developed in several application areas. (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)
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