Table 1. C-phycocyanin (C-PC) mass fraction in microencapsulated powders and encapsulation efficiency (EE) using different wall materials.

Wall material	w(C-phycocyanin)/(mg/g)	EE/%
m(maltodextrin/m(gum Arabic)
100:0	(18.98±0.65)a	(99.75±0.14)b
75:25	(18.85±0.37)a	(99.95±0.00)a
50:50	(19.11±0.32)a	(99.92±0.05)a
25:75	(20.23±0.64)b	(99.94±0.10)a
0:100	(20.48±0.27)b	(99.90±0.06)a

Values are expressed as mean±standard deviation. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments (p˂0.05)