Title
Double emulsions as delivery systems for iron: Stability kinetics and improved bioaccessibility in infants and adults
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Barbosa B.S.T.
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Iron deficiency is one of the main causes of anemia in the world, especially in children and women, so food fortification through microencapsulation is a viable alternative to combat this deficiency. The present work aimed to encapsulate iron in a water-in-oil-in-water double emulsion (W1/O/W2), which was formed with whey protein isolate and polyglycerol polyricinoleate as the emulsifying agents, tara gum as a thickening agent, and sucrose as an osmotic active substance. The double emulsion formed with 12% whey protein isolate, 0.8% tara gum, and 2% sucrose presented high encapsulation efficiency (96.95 ± 1.00%) and good stability (up to 7 days). Additionally, after the in vitro gastrointestinal simulations, the bioaccessibility was high for adults (49.54 ± 5.50%) and infants (39.71 ± 2.33%). Finally, the study show that double emulsions can form stable systems with high iron bioaccessibility even in infant gastric systems, which indicates the possibility of using double emulsions to fortify food with iron.
Start page
718
End page
725
Volume
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85128609521
Source
Current Research in Food Science
ISSN of the container
26659271
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank the CNPq , Brazil ( 312973/2018-7 ); CAPES , Brazil (Code 001 ), and FAPERJ , Brazil ( E-26/201.030/2021 ) for the financial support.
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