Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the retention of fatty acids, α-tocopherol, and carotenoids in sea buckthorn oil (SBO) encapsulated with gum arabic (GA), β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), and their mixture (1:1) under pre-optimized spray drying conditions in comparison to the bioactive molecule (BAM) content of the non-encapsulated oil. In addition, the color parameters in the spray-dried powders and the bioaccessibility of β-carotene, which has the highest provitamin A activity, were evaluated. The fatty acid content remained almost unchanged, while statistically significant differences in α-tocopherol and carotenoid content were found between the SBO encapsulated with different carriers and the non-encapsulated oil. The retention of tocopherols and carotenoids compared to the non-encapsulated SBO ranged from 62.13 to 87.23% and from 21.17 to 97.61%, respectively. SBO encapsulated with β-CD showed significantly higher retention of α-tocopherol (87.23%) and individual carotenoids (40.71–97.61%). In addition, the powders showed no significant differences in color parameters, and the powders encapsulated with GA and β-CD showed high bioaccessibility of β-carotene (92.50 and 90.45%, respectively). β-CD proved to be the most suitable carrier for the encapsulation of the carotenoids and α-tocopherol of SBO, resulting in powders with high bioaccessibility of β-carotene.
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