EDIBLE FAT-SOLUBLE BLACK SUSPENSION Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A23L5/40 A23L5/43 A23G3/36 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to fat-and-oil and food industry. Oil-based suspension for colouring food or pharmaceutical products, containing: a) carbohydrate particles in amount of 0.5–25 wt.%; b) at least one emulsifier in amount of 0.01–15 wt.%; c) at least one vegetable oil is the balance; wherein carbohydrate-stabilis particles are dispersed in said vegetable oil, and average diameter d (4.3) of carbo-vegetabilis particles is less than 6 mcm. Method of producing said oil-based suspension, comprising steps of: a) dispersing said at least one emulsifier in said at least one vegetable oil to obtain a vegetable oil dispersion; b) adding carbohydrate pigment to the vegetable oil dispersion and mixing said dispersion; c) obtaining an oil-based suspension as a result. Use of said oil-based suspension for colouring a food product or a pharmaceutical product. Fondant containing said oil-based suspension and sugar.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to create a form of carbo vegetabilis, suitable for industrial use in food or pharmaceutical industry, which should provide a form of carbo vegetabilis miscible with oil, suspension should not agglomerate or precipitate over time, which gives an intense dark shade, having no "unpleasant" notes, resistant to heating and oxidation.

15 cl, 2 tbl, 1 ex