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Applications of Visible Spectroscopy and Color Measurements in the Assessments of Carotenoid Levels in Foods

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The color of the food can be evaluated visually or instrumentally. The instrumental measurement allows to measure the color objectively and can be carried out by different techniques, most of them fast, cheap, and simple. Carotenoids are responsible for the color of many plants and foods. The measurement of color can be an effective tool to determine indirectly the concentration of carotenoids in plants and foods. In this chapter, we describe both traditional and recent methodologies for color measurement.

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  1. Food Colour and Quality Laboratory, Area of Nutrition and Food Science, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

    Paula Mapelli-Brahm, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Pulido, Carla M. Stinco, Francisco J. Heredia & Antonio J. Meléndez-Martínez

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Mapelli-Brahm, P., Rodríguez-Pulido, F.J., Stinco, C.M., Heredia, F.J., Meléndez-Martínez, A.J. (2020). Applications of Visible Spectroscopy and Color Measurements in the Assessments of Carotenoid Levels in Foods. In: Rodríguez-Concepción, M., Welsch, R. (eds) Plant and Food Carotenoids. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2083. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9952-1_8

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