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. 2025 Aug 28;14(17):3011. doi: 10.3390/foods14173011

Table 1.

Main carotenoids in muffin and bread products (µg/g) and the impact of baking process on composition of carotenoids (% decrease).

Carotenoids Muffin Bread
HCS
(100%)
HCS/C (1:1, w/w) HCS/C (1:2, w/w) Wheat (100%) Wheat/HCS (75/25, w/w) Wheat/HCS (50/50, w/w)
15-cis-Lutein 0.05 0.07 0.1 0.04 0.03 0.06
all-trans-Lutein 1.5 1.7 2.0 0.3 0.7 0.8
all-trans-Zeaxanthin 0.2 1.5 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
9-cis-Lutein 0.2 0.1 0.1 nd nd nd
9-cis-Zeaxanthin 0.1 0.1 0.2 nd nd nd
15-cis-β-Cryptoxanthin 0.2 0.2 0.2 nd nd nd
all-trans-β-Cryptoxanthin 0.1 0.2 0.2 nd nd nd
Lutein-3-O-linoleate 1.0 0.4 0.5 nd 0.4 0.6
Lutein-3-O-oleate 0.3 0.4 0.2 nd 0.3 0.4
Lutein dilinoleate 0.2 0.1 0.1 nd 0.3 0.4
Total unbounds (free) 2.4 3.9 5.0 0.5 0.9 1.2
Total bounds (mono- and di-esters) 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.4
Total carotenoids 3.9 4.8 5.8 0.5 1.9 2.6
Impact of baking process expressed as % decrease
Total unbounds 44.2 (18.6) a 55.7 (13.7) 50.0 (13.0) 66.7 (20.0) 59.1 (4.6) 52.0 (4.0)
Total bounds 53.1 (15.6) 40.0 (13.3) 38.5 (7.7) - 37.5 (12.5) 41.7 (12.5)
Total carotenoids 48.0 (17.3) 53.4 (13.6) 48.7 (12.4) 66.7 (20.0) 50.0 (7.9) 46.9 (8.1)

a Figures between brackets are the reduction percent due to oven baking. nd: Not Detected. Source: Abdel-Aal et al., 2022 [14].