STUDIES ON THE UTILIZATION OF NATURAL CAROTENOIDS EXTRACTED FROM BALADY MANGO WASTES

This study was performed to extract, identify and determine the natural pigments in Balady mango wastes. The study also aimed at utiliz­ing the separated natural pigments in coloring both fat base foods (but­ter) and water base-foods (ice cream). The obtained results reveal that it was successful and economic to separate natural pigments from Bala­dy mango wastes. These natural pigments were carotenoids (5.6 g/ 1009 of Balady mango wastes, on dry weights basis). It was also ascertained that 8-carotene was the predominant fraction among the seven fractions of carotenoids identified by thin layer chromatography. The results indicated the possibility and suitabili­ty of utilizing the separated natural pigments in coloring fat base foods i.e. butter and water base foods such as ice cream instead of the artifi­cel colorants which proved to be harmful to the human health.