Pigment/carrier (w/w) Applied carriers Lactose Starch Flour Dextrin Arabic gum   Sour orange   mg/100gm 1:1 1650 960 856 794 82.28 2:1 1940 1258 880 894 127.76 3:1 2260 1696 1260 1350 435.25 4:1 2520 2092 1448 1478 623.9   Grape fruit  mg/100gm 1:1 350 378 372 314 84.8 2:1 708 760 688 566 122.4 3:1 1000 1136 982 728 163.8 4:1 1244 1490 1336 936 195.2

Table 6: Color concentration (mg/100gm carrier) of extracted carotenoids from Sour orange and Grape fruits with different carriers at different ratios (w/w).