Inclusion of bixin, curcumin and betanin in cyclodextrin for application in food industry / Inclusão de bixina, curcumina e betanina em ciclodextrina para aplicação na industria de alimentos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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The food industry has grown significantly in recent years, and when observing any type of food, it is clear that the visual impact caused by its color is more important than that caused by other factors. This attribute is one of the most important in the commercialization of foods and constitutes a criterion for the acceptance or non-acceptance of the product. The rejection of synthetic food colorants for health reasons has led to the search for natural food colorants that can adequately substitute them. In the light of this problem, the objective of the present study was to form complexes from colorants and cyclodextrins (CDs) with the aim of improving the solubility and stability of three particular colorants, namely: curcumin, bixin and betanin, which are the most frequently used colorants in the food industry. During the analyses it was found that, of the methods used, the coprecipitation method showed the best indications of complex formation for the curcumin and bixin colorants, although it was not viable for betanin. ß-CD-colorant stoichiometric ratios of 1:2 and 1:1 were established for curcumin and bixin, respectively. Apparent rate of formation was calculated, resulting in values of 4x104 mol2.L2 for curcumin and 3.34x102 mol2.L2 for bixin, with R2 values of 0.9982 and 0.9981, and chances of forming complexes of 86.31 and 78.4%, respectively. Thermic characterization analyses of the complexes, that is, differential scanning thermogravimetry and calorimetry, also showed greater stability for the complexes produced by the co-precipitation method. However, the NMR method was not conclusive for any of the colorants. Stability tests demonstrated that light influenced very strongly in the decomposition of bixin and that there was a significant improvement in the maintenance of its color intensity in its complex form. For curcumin, it was observed that light was not the only factor that affected the process of product discoloration. The instrumental color tests showed the complexes had a greater coloring capacity compared to the pure colorant. The instrumental texture tests demonstrated that the inclusion of the complex in the manufacture of products did not alter their initial characteristics. With regard to the application of the colorants in food, sensory analysis studies demonstrated excellent acceptance in a type of natural white cheese called Minas Frescal, achieving a mean score 6.7 on a hedonic scale of seven points. For cream cheese, acceptance was also good, receiving a mean score of 5.6. Increases in color were observed for all three complexes of the colorants when they were added to food in the same concentrations as the natural colorants. However, betanin (a pigment from beetroot) did not show satisfactory complex formation data, which was largely due to its strongly hydrophilic character

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complexes corantes naturais ciclodextrina curcumin natural colorants curcumina betanina cyclodextrin bixina complexos betanin bixin

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