Design and characterization of controlled-release edible packaging films prepared with synergistic whey-protein polysaccharide complexes

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Jun 19;61(24):5824-33. doi: 10.1021/jf4009923. Epub 2013 Jun 5.

Abstract

This paper describes an investigation into the properties of a doubly emulsified film incorporated with protein-polysaccharide microcapsules, which serves as a multifunctional food packaging film prepared using common edible materials in place of petroleum--based plastics. The relationships between the microstructural properties and controlled release features of a series of water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) microcapsulated edible films prepared in thermodynamically incompatible conditions were analyzed. The hydrophilic riboflavin (V(B2)) nano-droplets (13-50 nm) dispersed in α-tocopherol (V(E)) oil phase were embedded in whey protein-polysaccharide (WPs) microcapsules with a shell thickness of 20-56 nm. These microcapsules were then integrated in 103 μm thick WPs films. Different polysaccharides, including gum arabic (GA), low-methoxyl pectin (LMP), and κ-carrageenan (KCG), exhibited different in vitro synergistic effects on the ability of both films to effect enteric controlled release of both vitamins. GA, which showed a strong emulsifying ability, also showed better control of V(E) than other polysaccharides, and the highly charged KCG showed better control of V(B2) than GA did.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Dietary Carbohydrates / analysis*
  • Dietary Carbohydrates / metabolism
  • Diffusion
  • Emulsions
  • Food Packaging*
  • Food, Fortified / analysis
  • Kinetics
  • Materials Testing
  • Milk Proteins / chemistry*
  • Milk Proteins / metabolism
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism
  • Riboflavin / analysis
  • Riboflavin / chemistry*
  • Riboflavin / metabolism
  • Solubility
  • Whey Proteins
  • alpha-Tocopherol / analysis
  • alpha-Tocopherol / chemistry*
  • alpha-Tocopherol / metabolism

Substances

  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Emulsions
  • Milk Proteins
  • Polysaccharides
  • Whey Proteins
  • alpha-Tocopherol
  • Riboflavin