05.01.2013 Views

K Nn mK - Amecamex.org.mx

K Nn mK - Amecamex.org.mx

K Nn mK - Amecamex.org.mx

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

FSB1-2004<br />

Food Science and Biotechnology in Developing Countries<br />

MICROENCAPSULATION OF BARLEY GREEN JUICE BY SPRAY DRYING<br />

González-Maldonado, M. B. 1 ; García-Gutiérrez, C. 1* ; Ochoa-Martínez, L.A. 2 y Medrano-Roldán, H. 2<br />

1 CIIDIR-COFAA-IPN Unidad Durango. Sigma s/n Fracc. 20 de Nov. II. C.P. 34220. Durango, Dgo.<br />

México. E-mail: garciacipriano@hotmail.com<br />

2 INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE DURANGO. Av. Felipe Pescador No. 1830 Ote. C.P. 34080. Durango,<br />

Dgo. México.<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

The barley green (BG) Hordeum vulgare L. is a plant with a high nutritive value. Spray drying (SD) has<br />

been used as a technique to encapsulate food materials, keeping its nutritional properties. The objective<br />

of this work was to evaluate the SD operation conditions to obtain microencapsulate BG powder.<br />

Parameters such as moisture content, color, proteins, sugars, minerals and, rehydration properties were<br />

determined. Juice from BG was obtained and maltodextrin was added as microencapsulating agent. The<br />

SD operation conditions were: inlet air temperature: 120,140, and 160 0 C; maltodextrin concentration: 1, 3<br />

and 5%, feed rate: 9, 11, and 13 ml/min; outlet air temperature ranged from 70 to 80 0 C. L*, a* and b*<br />

parameters in BG powder had significant differences with respect to juice. Due to inlet air temperatures<br />

statistical differences (p≤0.5, F=395.98), while the maltodextrin concentration and feed rate did not have<br />

statistical differences with respect to microencapsulate nutritive properties (p≥0.05). Statistical differences<br />

were found between treatments with respect to rehydratation properties, moisture content and<br />

temperature, so these were the most influencing parameters.<br />

KEY WORDS: Microencapsulation, Spray drying and Barley green.<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

The green barley Hordeum vulgare L. as a plant has a high nutritive value, it contains essential amino<br />

acids, proteins, fat acids, vitamins and minerals, are a very important chlorophyll source, contain<br />

approximately 20 enzymes, in addition it has a high alcaline power (Hagiwara, 1985). A way to conserve<br />

these nutrients is by means of the microencapsulation by spray drying (SD), which is a technique that has<br />

been applied to preserve numerous foods (Dziezak, 1988). Within the parameters most important to<br />

control during the SD are: The inlet and outlet drying air temperature, the feeding flow and the time of<br />

residence and the preparation of the raw material (Ramirez, et al. 2003). In the nutritional industry<br />

different encapsulating agents are used, such as: in<strong>org</strong>anic carbohydrates, esters, rubbers, lipids, proteins<br />

and materials within carbohydrates and maltodextrins are important for the preparation of juice that has<br />

been dried by SD, since they are colourless, odourless and of the low viscosity to high concentrations, in<br />

addition allow the dust formation of free flow without masking the original flavor (Ré, 1998).<br />

Microencapsulations from a great number of fruits and vegetables have been elaborated. A product dried<br />

by aspersion is the juice of maracuyá which was obtained to a inlet air temperature of 155 0 C, 350ml/h and<br />

12% w/v of maltodextrin, the dust presented/displayed good solubility and low content of humidity<br />

(Ramirez et al. 2003). McNamee et al. 2001, used the of maltodextrin/starch mixture (DE 5,5-38)<br />

obtaining an efficient microencapsulation in flavor terms (swetnees) and solubility. Another commercial<br />

dust product is the juice of the leaves of barley green (Barleygreen ® ), cultivated <strong>org</strong>anically and mixed with<br />

small amounts of brown rice and pulverized marine seaweed, that containaining macro-nutrients, proteins<br />

(12.7%), carbohydrates (71.0%) and fat (3.0%) (Hagiwara, 1985). On the other hand, Valenzuela, et al.<br />

(1995) elaborated a dust from the vegetable juice (tomato, cucumber, carriot, lettuce, beet, spinach, celery<br />

and parsley) using SD which presented a humidity of 1,4%, to a inlet temperature of 145 0 C and outlet<br />

temperature of 108 0 C, the juice feeding was of 16,7 ml/min, with these conditions the dust easily was<br />

reconstituted, obtaining a juice with similar characteristics to the original juice.<br />

Candelas and Alanís (2003) evaluated the effects of SD operation condictions from the tomato juice as far<br />

as the humidity, the changes in licopeno concentration in dust and measured the color parameters of the<br />

rehidratated juice, finding an average of 3,172% of humidity and a value of a * (redder) of 8,737 to a

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!