FOOD ADDITIVE FROM TARRAGON "IZUMRUD" GRADE (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC A23L33/10 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to food industry, in particular, to production of powdery vegetal food additive by using natural vegetal source of selenium – tarragon Artemisia dracunculus L. of "Izumrud" grade. Food additive contains raw material as leaves, buds and young sprouts of tarragon "Izumrud" grade, which are dried in ventilated room without access of direct sun rays till moisture content is 13 % and constant weight with further grinding and powder production. Alternatively, the food vegetal additive contains leaves, buds and young sprouts of tarragon "Izumrud" grade, which are dried under an awning without access of direct sun rays to moisture content of 13 % and constant weight with further grinding and powder production. Alternatively, food vegetal additive contains leaves, buds and young sprouts of tarragon "Izumrud" grade, which are dried using drying cabinets for accelerated drying with a specified temperature of not more than 60 °C to moisture content of 13 % and constant weight with further grinding and powder production.

EFFECT: invention allows to produce a ready product with high organoleptic evaluation, low cost and high availability for the population as a source of easily-assimilated selenium, 1 g of which provides intake of 33 % of human daily demand for selenium.

3 cl, 3 tbl