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. 2023 Mar 23;12(7):1368. doi: 10.3390/foods12071368

Table 3.

Study on the microencapsulation of anthocyanins.

Source Wall Materials Proportion Encapsulation
Efficiency
Encapsulation References
grape seed maltodextrin
(MD), mesquite gum (MG), and zein (Z)
44% MG-56% Z
wall: core material is 2:1 in a 2% (w/v) total solids dispersion
85% spray drying [26]
34% MD-66% Z
wall: core material is 2:1 in a 2% (w/v) total solids dispersion
82%
juçara fruits maltodextrin and
gum Arabic
maltodextrin and gum Arabic in a 1:1 proportion; wall material: core material 2:3 83.69% freeze drying [54]
blueberry carboxymethyl
starch (CMS)/xanthan gum (XG)
CMS/XG: 30/1, 60/1, 90/1, 120/1, 150/1, w/w% over 96% freeze drying [58]
purple rice bran modified glutinous
rice starch
anthocyanin extract 40 mg cyanidin-3-glucoside/L and 6.01% modified starch 94.22% spray drying [74]
blueberries inulin, gum Arabic, and maltodextrin DE20 maltodextrin DE20, hi-maize gum Arabic, and inulin 6.66%/5% ranged from
96.80 to 98.83%
spray drying [76]
barberry maltodextrin and gelatin wall material content and anthocyanin load of 24.54% and 13.82%, respectively 92.83% spray drying [77]
Iranian borage maltodextrin (MD) and modified maize starch (MMS) MD/MMS: 1/0, 1/0.25, 1/0.5, 1/1, w/w%; wall material: core material 1:4 93.1 and 97.4% spray drying [79]
sour cherries skins whey protein isolate and gum Arabic 5% whey proteins isolate and 2% gum Arabic 70.30 ± 2.20% freeze drying [80]
red raspberry soy protein isolate (SPI) and gum Arabic (AG) different concentrations of anthocyanin (0.025%, 0.05%, and 0.075%); the concentration of SPI or AG was 5%, w/v, while for a combination of SPI + AG, 2.5% w/v for each was used ranged from 93.05% to 98.87% freeze drying [81]
red cabbage maltodextrin dextrose equivalent 20 and Arabic gum (AG) MD20:AG 20:80 ranged from 93.65 ± 1.80 to 98.85 ± 0.32% drum drying [84]
Cornelian cherry whey protein isolates, inulin, and chitosan WPI, chitosan, and inulin in a ratio of 2:1:1 (w:w:w) 89.16 ± 1.23% freeze drying [88]
grape skins soy phosphatidylcholine vesicles with the addition of pectin, acacia gum, and whey protein isolates soy lecithin (100 mg mL−1), pectin (1 mg mL−1), acacia gum (1 mg mL−1), and whey protein isolates (1 mg mL−1) ranged from 81 to 96% freeze drying [89]
mulberry alginate/chitosan beads freeze-dried beads (100 mg) loaded with mulberry-extracted
solution containing anthocyanin (40 mL)
/ freeze drying [90]
red cabbage maltodextrin and Arabic gum maltodextrin (25, 35, and 50 g), Arabic gum (25, 15,
and 0 g), and critic acid (1 g) were dispersed in 100 mL solution
67% spray drying [91]
saffron ß-glucan and ß-cyclodextrin ß-glucan 45% spray drying [92]
ß-cyclodextrin 63.25%
grape skin sodium alginate sodium alginate: anthocyanin extract of grape skin 1:15 75% spray drying [93]
blueberry chitosan and cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) chitosan (0.1% w/v) pH 2.6 and 20 mL of 0.025–2.5% (w/v) CNC 94% ionic gelation [94]