Natural pigment containing coloring emulsions and methods of making

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A COLORING EMULSION FROM NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC MATERIALS WHICH CONTAIN NATURAL COLORING MATTER COMPRISING: (A) COMBINING (1) A VISCOUS SOLUTION COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 85.75 TO ABOUT 93.75% BY WEIGHT OF AN EDIBLE ORGANIC SOLVENT AND FROM ABOUT 6.25 TO ABOUT 14.25% BY WEIGHT OF AN OLEORESIN OF A NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC MATERIAL WHICH CONTAINS NATURAL COLORING MATTER, AND (2) A SOLUTION COMPRISING WATER AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF A CHELATING AGENT; (B) ADDING TO THE COMBINED VISCOUS OLEORESIN SOLUTION AND CHELATING AGENT SOLUTION, WITH SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS AGITATION, A FINELY GROUND NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC MATERIAL WHICH CONTAINS NATURAL COLORING MATTER (1) SAID FINELY GROUND MATERIAL BEING THE SAME SPECIES OF NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC MATERIAL AS THAT FROM WHICH THE OLEORESIN OF THE VISCOUS OLEORESIN SOLUTION IS DERIVED (2) THE RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF THE VISCOUS OLEORESIN SOLUTION, THE CHELATING AGENT SOLUTION, AND THE FINELY GROUND NATURALLY OCCURING ORGANIC MATERIAL BEING SELECTED SO THAT THE FINAL MIXTURE CONTAINS FROM ABOUT 17 TO ABOUT 34% BY WEIGHT OF THE VISCOUS OLEORESIN SOLUTION, FROM ABOUT 55 TO 77% BY WEIGHT OF THE CHELATING AGENT SOLUTION, AND FROM ABOUT 4 TO ABOUT 16% BY WEIGHT OF FINELY GROUND MATERIAL; AND (C) SUBJECTING THE RESULTANT MIXTURE TO SHEARING FORCES FOR A SUFFICIENT PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE PARTICLES OF THE FINELY GROUND MATERIAL AND THE OLEORESIN TO BE REDUCED TO A COLLOIDAL SIZE, WHEREBY A STABLE EMULSION IS FORMED.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A COLORING EMULSION FROM NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC MATERIALS WHICH CONTAIN NATURAL COLORING MATTER COMPRISING: (A) COMBINING (1) A VISCOUS SOLUTION COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 85.75 TO ABOUT 93.75% BY WEIGHT OF AN EDIBLE ORGANIC SOLVENT AND FROM ABOUT 6.25 TO ABOUT 14.25% BY WEIGHT OF AN OLEORESIN OF A NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC MATERIAL WHICH CONTAINS NATURAL COLORING MATTER, AND (2) A SOLUTION COMPRISING WATER AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF A CHELATING AGENT; (B) ADDING TO THE COMBINED VISCOUS OLEORESIN SOLUTION AND CHELATING AGENT SOLUTION, WITH SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS AGITATION, A FINELY GROUND NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC MATERIAL WHICH CONTAINS NATURAL COLORING MATTER (1) SAID FINELY GROUND MATERIAL BEING THE SAME SPECIES OF NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC MATERIAL AS THAT FROM WHICH THE OLEORESIN OF THE VISCOUS OLEORESIN SOLUTION IS DERIVED (2) THE RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF THE VISCOUS OLEORESIN SOLUTION, THE CHELATING AGENT SOLUTION, AND THE FINELY GROUND NATURALLY OCCURING ORGANIC MATERIAL BEING SELECTED SO THAT THE FINAL MIXTURE CONTAINS FROM ABOUT 17 TO ABOUT 34% BY WEIGHT OF THE VISCOUS OLEORESIN SOLUTION, FROM ABOUT 55 TO 77% BY WEIGHT OF THE CHELATING AGENT SOLUTION, AND FROM ABOUT 4 TO ABOUT 16% BY WEIGHT OF FINELY GROUND MATERIAL; AND (C) SUBJECTING THE RESULTANT MIXTURE TO SHEARING FORCES FOR A SUFFICIENT PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE PARTICLES OF THE FINELY GROUND MATERIAL AND THE OLEORESIN TO BE REDUCED TO A COLLOIDAL SIZE, WHEREBY A STABLE EMULSION IS FORMED.