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- Title
A method for pomegranate seed application in food industries: Seed oil encapsulation.
- Authors
Goulaa, A. M.; Adamopoulos, K. G.
- Abstract
During the industrial processing of pomegranate, large volumes of industrial wastes (seeds, peels, leaves) are pro-duced, which have a wide range of nutritional values. In this work, a new method for pomegranate seed application in food industries was developed based on the extraction of seed oil and its subsequent encapsulation by spray drying. Skimmed milk powder was used as encapsulating agent. Ratio of core to wall material, feed solids concentration, inlet air temperature, and drying air flow rate were the factors investigated with respect to encapsulation efficiency using a central composite design. The resulting microcapsules were evaluated in terms of moisture content, particle size, bulk density, and hygroscopicity. The optimum operating conditions were found to be: ratio of core to wall mate-rial, 1/9; feed solids concentration, 30% (w/w); inlet air temperature, 187 C; drying air flow rate, 22.80 m3/h. Under these conditions, the maximum encapsulation efficiency was about 95.6%.
- Subjects
POMEGRANATE; FRUIT seeds; FOOD industry; SPRAY drying; RESPONSE surfaces (Statistics); DRIED skim milk; INDUSTRIAL wastes
- Publication
Food & Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Part C, 2012, Vol 90, Issue 4, p639
- ISSN
0960-3085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.fbp.2012.06.001