Lutein is widely found in fruits, vegetables, flowers, and certain algal organisms, but in slightly different forms.
In green vegetables such as kale, spinach, and endive, lutein exists in a free form (emphasis added: the free form is more easily absorbed).
Whereas in yellow or orange fruits and vegetables such as mango, papaya, pumpkin, dancing squash, and tangerines, lutein is found in the form of lutein esters. The lutein in these foods must be hydrolyzed to free lutein in the body before it can be absorbed and metabolized by the organism.
In addition, the color of fruits and vegetables and their lutein content have a direct relationship, such as yellow-orange fruits such as pineapple and other lutein content than other colors of fruits, leafy vegetables (such as spinach, and collard greens) lutein content than fruits and vegetables vegetables (such as potatoes) content is high.
The content of lutein in marigold is the highest, which is 100 times that of general fruits and vegetables and about 10 times that of chrysanthemums. Marigold Asteraceae, marigold genus, native to Mexico ornamental plants, its petals are rich in lutein and lutein content is the highest, and because of its pigment composition is mainly lutein-based, so it is the extraction of lutein is one of the most ideal raw materials.
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