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Powder Technology, Vol.339, 702-709, 2018
Development and characterisation of carotenoid-rich microencapsulates from tropical fruit by-products and yellow tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)
Mango (Mangifera indica) peel powder (MP), banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel powder (BP), and yellow tamarillo freeze-dried pulp (Solanum betaceum Cav.) (YT), were selected as raw materials to obtain eight microencapsulates (M1-M8) by spray-drying with maltodextrin (MD) at two air inlet temperatures (130 degrees C and 180 degrees C) and with four feed mixture compositions. Their physicochemical characterisation was performed by measuring: pH, soluble solids (degrees Brix), Aw, and colour CIELAB (L*, a* and b*) parameters. The morphology analysis performed by SEM, determined that the powders showed a regular and spherical microstructure. The qualitative and quantitative carotenoid analyses carried out by HPLC-PDA-APCI/MS methodology, both in the raw materials and microencapsulates, showed that the drying temperature significantly affected the carotenoid content. The major carotenoids in the samples were beta-cryptoxanthin C-14:0,beta-cryptoxanthin C-16:0, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin C-12:0, beta-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, and lutein. Among the microencapsulates, M2 and M4 samples (dried at 130 degrees C) exhibited the highest values of carotenoid content with 1.025 and 1.296 mg beta-carotene/100 g sample, respectively. Thermal analyses showed that the powders were stable up to 100 degrees C. During the storage stability test at 18 degrees C, the carotenoid content diminished following a first order kinetic, showing the RH strongly influences the stability of microencapsulates. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.