IS anyone familiar with encapsulation of materials in the food industry? I want to encapsulate a water soluble polyphenol with hydrogenated oil by simple hot-melt method. I am also required to determine the encapsulation efficiency. Evaluating the surface phenol and total phenol was the method i used. I tried washing the matrix with water and evaluating the conc. of surface phenol but the oil seems to be contaminating the water fraction thereby exaggerating my results. I though water, being miscible with oil would work. Anybody to help?
I have used hot melt encapsulation to prepare solid lipid nanoparticles. Are you preparing water-in-oil emulsion? and why are you using hot melt encapsulation if you have no solid component which need to be melt.
@ Chibuike: Do you have any protocol document on how to go about it? My core material is a solid powder to be encapsulated with hydrogenated oil.Thanks
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