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"Rosemary for freshness"
Definition
StabilEnhanceWSR, ColorEnhance and Flavor' Plus are pure fully water soluble rosemary extracts.
StabilEnhanceWSR and Flavor' Plus have a different aromatic profile. They allow to enhance the freshness and to increase the shelf life of many different products.
ColorEnhance increases stability and enhances the color of products containing anthocyanins. Moreover, ColorEnhance deepens the hue of the natural color. Copigmentation is a loose molecular association of colored anthocyanin pigments with nearly colorless molecules to produce an intensified and enhanced color. ColorEnhance develops a tea like note allowing its use in many applications.
Status
Rosemary extract labelled as Natural Flavor according to the E.C. directive 88/388 and to U.S. 21CFR101.22 on food flavors.
Standardization
StabilEnhanceWSR, ColorEnhance and Flavor'Plus contain the most polar part of rosemary leaves in which many different phenolic compounds are found.
The main one is rosmarinic acid which is known to exhibit antioxidant activity in polar systems such as emulsions or flavors. ColorEnhance is also standardized to Luteolin-3'-Glucuronide.
Applications
NATUREX has studied a number of applications where StabilEnhanceWSR, ColorEnhance and Flavor'Plus have been found to improve the overall quality of the product.