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Publicado 2021
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The objective of this pre-feasibility study is to demonstrate the technical, economic, and social feasibility of installing a plant to produce a natural food blue colorant based on the fruit of the huito (Genipa americana). This research was motivated by the great growth of a market aware of the sustainability and safety of the products they consume, which is why a trend is observed for natural food colors. Previously knowing that blue remains as one of the most complicated challenges in the industry due to the scarcity of blue pigments in nature, we chose to investigate about huito, a product from our Amazon that despises an eatable intense blue dye. It is expected to develop the product to export to Germany and demonstrate the industrial potential of the fruits that our Amazon offer us. The investment in the project, whose useful life was determined for the years 2022 to 2026, is extre...