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| Title |
Dispersing hydrophobic natural colourant β-carotene in shellac particles for enhanced stability and tunable colour
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| Published in |
Royal Society Open Science, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsos.170919 |
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| Authors |
Dong Chen, Chun-Xia Zhao, Camille Lagoin, Mingtan Hai, Laura R. Arriaga, Stephan Koehler, Alireza Abbaspourrad, David A. Weitz |
| Abstract |
Colour is one of the most important visual attributes of food and is directly related to the perception of food quality. The interest in natural colourants, especially β-carotene that not only imparts colour but also has well-documented health benefits, has triggered the research and development of different protocols designed to entrap these hydrophobic natural molecules to improve their stability against oxidation. Here, we report a versatile microfluidic approach that uses single emulsion droplets as templates to prepare microparticles loaded with natural colourants. The solution of β-carotene and shellac in the solvent is emulsified by microfluidics into droplets. Upon solvent diffusion, β-carotene and shellac co-precipitates, forming solid microparticles of β-carotene dispersed in the shellac polymer matrix. We substantially improve the stability of β-carotene that is protected from oxidation by the polymer matrix and achieve different colour appearances by loading particles with different β-carotene concentrations. These particles demonstrate great promise for practical use in natural food colouring. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 33 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 33 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 15% |
| Unknown | 12 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | 4 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 12% |
| Engineering | 3 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 15 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
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