Patents Assigned to Nippon Del Monte Corporation
  • Method for collecting tomato pigment and its application
    Patent number: 5871574
    Abstract: A tomato pigment is obtained by centrifuging a treated mass of tomato, collecting the liquid portion thereof, passing it through a microfilter, recovering the retentate, preferably mixing this retentate with an organic solvent with stirring, and removing the extraction fractionated organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Del Monte Corporation
    Inventors: Masatugu Kawaragi, Toshiharu Kuraishi, Hisashi Shirasawa, Norihisa Takada, Katsumi Yuasa, Saburo Kojima