Products including edibles colored with polymeric red colors

Claim 2

A colored edible comprising an edible substrate in intimate admixture with a color-imparting concentration of from 10 to 1000 ppm by weight basis edible substrate of a water-soluble polymeric red colorant having the formula ##STR56## wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, halos of atomic number 9 through 53 inclusive, lower alkyls and lower alkoxies of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, nitro, and sulfonate; R 3 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, B is an organic polymeric backbone attached to N by a covalent bond and characterized as having essentially no crosslinks and as being selected from among linear polyethyleneoxy backbones and linear polyalkylene backbones each having a molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 150,000 Daltons, and n is a number from 10 to 4000.

Claim 3

The colored edible of claim 1 wherein the edible substrate is food.

Claim 4

The colored edible of claim 1 wherein the edible substrate is a beverage.

Claim 5

The colored edible of claim 1 wherein the edible substrate is a drug.

Claim 6

The colored edible of claim 1 wherein the edible substrate is a cosmetic.

Claim 7

The colored edible of claim 1 wherein B is a linear polyalkylene carbon-carbon backbone having a molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 150,000 daltons and n is a number from 10 to 4000.

Claim 8

A colored edible comprising an edible substrate having admixed therewith from 10 ppm wt to 1000 ppm wt, basis edible substrate, of the polymeric colorant having the formula: ##STR57## wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each hydrogen; R 6 is acetyl; M is an alkali metal selected from sodium and potassium; n, m and p are numbers wherein n is from 10 to 2000, m is from 0.3 to 5 times n, and p is 0.3 to 2 times the sum of n+m.

Claim 9

A colored edible comprising an edible substrate having admixed therewith from 10 ppm wt to 1000 ppm wt, basis edible substrate, of the polymeric colorant having the formula: ##STR57## wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each hydrogen; R 6 is acetyl; M is an alkali metal selected from sodium and potassium; n, m and p are numbers wherein n is from 10 to 2000, m is from 0.3 to 5 times n, and p is 0.3 to 2 times the sum of n+m.

Claim 10

The colored edible of claim 7 wherein the edible substrate is a food.

Claim 11

The colored edible of claim 7 wherein the edible substrate is a beverage.

Claim 12

The colored edible of claim 9 wherein the beverage is a carbonated beverage.

Claim 13

The colored edible of claim 9 wherein the beverage is a noncarbonated beverage.

Claim 14

A colored edible material comprising an edible material in intimate admixture with a color imparting concentration of from about 1 to about 10,000 ppm of the acid-insoluble pigment comprising a particulate inorganic oxidic substrate having deposited on the surface thereof a polymeric colorant in an amount of from 1 to 75%, basis weight of total pigment, said colorant having the formula ##STR58## wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, halos of atomic number 9 through 53 inclusive, lower alkyls and lower alkoxies of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, nitro, and sulfonate; R 3 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, B is an organic polymeric backbone attached to N by a covalent bond and characterized as having essentially no crosslinks and containing only covalent bonds stable under the acidic, basic and enzymatic conditions of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract; and n is a number from 10 to 4000.

Claim 15

A colored edible material comprising an edible material in intimate admixture with a color imparting concentration of from about 1 to about 10,000 ppm of the acid-insoluble pigment comprising a particulate inorganic oxidic substrate having deposited on the surface thereof a polymeric colorant in an amount of from 1 to 75%, basis weight of total pigment, said colorant having the formula ##STR58## wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, halos of atomic number 9 through 53 inclusive, lower alkyls and lower alkoxies of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, nitro, and sulfonate; R 3 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, B is an organic polymeric backbone attached to N by a covalent bond and characterized as having essentially no crosslinks and containing only covalent bonds stable under the acidic, basic and enzymatic conditions of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract; and n is a number from 10 to 4000.

Claim 16

The colored edible material of claim 12 wherein said edible material is a food.

Claim 17

The colored edible material of claim 12 wherein the edible is a food and the color-imparting amount is in the range of from 10 to 1000 ppm weight, basis total edible plus pigment.