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FOOD RESOURCE
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
ZEAXANTHIN
Ruth Winter.1978. A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York.
Natural yellow coloring from corn and marigolds. One of the most widespread carotenoids in nature, it has a bluish luster. No known toxicity.
http://ific.org/glossary/index.cfm Accessed March 2007. International Food Information Council.
A type of carotenoid found in eggs, citrus fruits and corn which positively contributes to the maintenance of eye vision.
Excerpts from Bender, Arnold E. 1990.
Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology.
Butterworths, Boston.
One of the carotenoid pigments in maize, egg yolk and
Physalis
(Chinese lantern); has no vitamin A activity; used as a coloring.
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