Basic Protocols in Encapsulation of Food Ingredients

Encapsulation of hydrophobic compounds in sugar matrixes by freeze-drying.- Stabilization of bioactive molecules through the spray-drying technique: Current applications and challenges.- Calcium alginate capsules. Particularities of natural antioxidants and plant germoplasm systems.- Pectin-iron capsules: a non-traditional delivery system based on ionic gelation.- Encapsulation of lactic acid bacteria in sugar matrices to be used as starters in the food industry.- Measurements of viability and damage in microencapsulated bacterial cells with flow cytometry.- Microfluidic glass capillary devices: an innovative tool to encapsulate Lactobacillus plantarum.- State-of-the-art of encapsulation based on spray-drying technique for carotenoids from plant material. Methods, mechanism.- Freeze-drying encapsulation as mechanism of choice in oils. Methods and mechanism.- Development of novel inulin-based electrosprayed microparticles for the stabilization and delivery of phlorotannin extracts.- Nanostructures for the stabilization and delivery of lactic acid bacteria.- Fish oil encapsulation using soy proteins as wall material: protocols to ensure PUFA protection.- Obtention and characterization of cyclodextrins complexes for the development of food ingredients.- Stability of antioxidants encapsulated in freeze-dried prebiotic matrices.- Immobilization of ß-galactosidase in calcium alginate beads.- Bacterial S-layer proteins for stabilization of food ingredients encapsulated in liposomes.- Fructosyltransferase immobilization via entrapment.