Title
Bioaccessibility of vitamin B12 synthesized by Propionibacterium freudenreichii and from products made with fermented wheat bran extract
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Chamlagain B.
Peltonen L.
Edelmann M.
Kemppinen A.
Jouppila K.
Varmanen P.
Piironen V.
University of Helsinki
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The bioaccessibility of vitamin B12 (B12) in plant-based products fortified using wheat bran extract fermented with B12-producing food-grade Propionibacterium freudenreichii was studied by applying a standard static in vitro model. At first, a culture of P. freudenreichii, fresh or heat-treated, was subjected to in vitro assays. Then, food ingredients or products were evaluated for their in vitro bioaccessibility: spray-dried wheat bran extract powder, pasta made with an extruder using fermented bran extract and breads made with spray-dried powder or with added cyanocobalamin. B12 bioaccessibility from the fresh P. freudenreichii culture was only ca. 53%, which, when heated, increased to 73%. The bioaccessibility of B12 from the food products varied from 75% (spray-dried powder) to 95% (breads). B12 from the fortified bread was as bioaccessible as from the bread made with added cyanocobalamin (99%). The in vitro results suggest that B12 synthesized by P. freudenreichii, when fortified in the studied cereal-based products, is largely bioaccessible and could be available for absorption. Plant-based products fortified using fermentation with P. freudenreichii could thus be considered excellent sources of bioaccessible B12.
Start page
499
End page
502
Volume
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111317010
Source
Current Research in Food Science
ISSN of the container
26659271
Sponsor(s)
The study was funded by the Academy of Finland (project number 325784 ) and the samples used in this study were prepared for a project funded by the Lantmännen Research Foundation
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