Two pigment concentrates, differentiated as dark (D) and rose (R), were prepared from fermented red beet (Beta uulgaris L var rubra) and applied to two types of maize starch, industrial (IS) and modified (MS). The samples were stored for 191 days at room temperature. The decay of the two red pigments in the two maize starches was DIS 12.70 %, DMS 9.43 YO, RIS 14.15 %, RMS 8.54 % and followed a first order reaction. The modified maize starch was found to be the most suitable carrier of the pigment. Water activity played a determining role in this result.