Encapsulation of caffeine into starch matrices: Bitterness evaluation and suppression mechanism

• Main Authors: Shao, Miao, Li, Songnan, Tan, Chin Ping, Kraithong, Supaluck, Gao, Qing, Fu, Xiong, Zhang, Bin, Huang, Qiang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97072/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97072/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813021000623
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In this study, caffeine (CA) was encapsulated into food-grade starch matrices, including swelled starch (SS), porous starch (PS), and V-type starch (VS). The bitterness of the microcapsules and suppression mechanisms were investigated using an electronic tongue, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation an...