Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of improving salmon meat color
- Patent Title (中): 提高鲑鱼肉色的方法
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Application No.: US12445615Application Date: 2007-09-14
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Publication No.: US08999664B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Kazuaki Hirasawa , Akira Tsubokura , Hisashi Yoneda
- Applicant: Kazuaki Hirasawa , Akira Tsubokura , Hisashi Yoneda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
- Current Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2006-282085 20061017
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/068490 WO 20070914
- International Announcement: WO2008/047535 WO 20080424
- Main IPC: C12P23/00
- IPC: C12P23/00 ; A23K1/16 ; A23K1/18 ; A23L1/325

Abstract:
The present invention provides a salmon flesh color improving method and a salmon flesh color improving feed which are usable for producing a salmon having a mild reddish orange flesh color close to the flesh color of wild fish, and a salmon and fish flesh thereof produced by such a flesh color improving method. The present invention also provides a method for producing a salmon having a mild reddish orange flesh color, comprising cultivating the salmon with a feed comprising a carotenoid colorant mixed therein, the carotenoid colorant comprising at least astaxanthin, phoenicoxanthin, canthaxanthin and adonixanthin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100319077A1 METHOD OF IMPROVING SALMON MEAT COLOR Public/Granted day:2010-12-16
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