APPLICATIONS OF DIACYLGLYCEROL (DAG) RICH MICROENCAPSULATED VITAMIN-C IN FOOD PROCESSING -A REVIEW

Abstract

Oils enriched with fat soluble vitamins are of plenty in market but oils with less calorie and enriched with water soluble vitamins and their use in food processing are still not in a practice. Water-soluble vitamins such as vitamin C can also be added to oils through the process of microencapsulation.The present study deals with DAG rich microencapsulated Vitamin-C oil. DAG (diacylglycerol) is devoid of one fatty acid than TAG(triacylglycerol) gives less calories in foods. On the other hand, vitamin–C is an well known antioxidant because of its ability to stabilise free radicals. Rice bran oil also contains oryzanol naturally which prevents cholesterol absorption. Therefore, combination of duo can serve as a duel nutraceutical in food industry and use of such oils (vitamin-C enriched DAG oil ) in fortification of various food products like butter, yogurt, Nutella mix will be very beneficial (less calorie containing vitamin enriched foods) in our day to day life.