In this context, the storage stability of encapsulated pigments was investigated under four storage temperatures
(4, 25, 35 and 42 C), four relative humidities (20, 30, 40 and 50%) and light illumination until 90 days. All
wall materials largely increased the half-life of the encapsulated pigments during storage compared with
non-encapsulated anthocyanins. MDþGA showed the highest encapsulation efficiency, lower degradation
rate in all temperatures and was found as the most effective wall material in stabilizing the pigments.
The encapsulated pigments were utilized in coloring jelly powder as an alternative of synthetic
color. Sensory evaluation were run to identify best encapsulated natural color concentration in jelly
powder formulation according to acceptability by consumers. A jelly with added 7% encapsulated color
had higher scores than the commercial jelly containing synthetic color for all the sensory attributes
evaluated. Physicochemical properties of produced jelly including moisture content, hygroscopicity,
acidity, ash content and texture were not significantly different with control sample while, syneresis and
solubility of the samples prepared with encapsulated color was significantly reduced.