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Wellness Foods + Supplements 3/2021

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Minerals and micronutrients Photo © : Adobe Stock/Sashkin Solutions for the fortification of food with mineral salts The fortification of foods and beverages with minerals and micronutrients has been practiced for a long time. The supply with a sufficient amount of minerals and vitamins via a normal diet is in certain life stages and living conditions not possible. Particularly an unbalanced diet poor in nutrients, various diseases or the need for extra nutrients such as in pregnancy can lead to symptoms of deficiency. For that reason, fortified foods and food supplements became part of the daily food to avoid deficiencies. Fortifying food The easiest possible way to fortify foods or beverages with minerals, like Calcium, Iron, Magnesium or Zinc, is the simply addition of the fortifying agent. Flour, for example, can be fortified with Iron by adding ferric pyrophosphate. However, simply blending foods with minerals is not always feasible. Interactions between food ingredients and added mineral salts can also take place. This is mainly due to the complex structure of food. Influencing factors of a mineral salt regarding its feasibility to fortify foods are e.g. solubility, reactivity, taste, metal content and the particle size. To overcome these obstacles, Dr. Paul Lohmann ® offers several techniques and products with improved product properties. This includes the adaptation of chemical and physical parameters such as bulk density, solubility, particle size, purity or pH-value. Enhanced solubility The solubility of a mineral salt is a basic requirement for the fortification of liquid or instant powder products. 26 No. 3 November/December 2021

Minerals and micronutrients Magnesium Citrate Malate, a new development of Dr. Paul Lohmann ® , is a fully reacted mineral, which is permitted for the use in food supplements in Europe since spring 2021. The combination of Magnesium with two organic acids, citric acid and malic acid, leads to a mineral salt with excellent solubility. This innovative mineral salt is clear soluble and stable in solution. Comparable products are not stable in solution over storage time or are even insoluble. Micronization Micronized mineral salts are suitable for use in foods as well as in food supplements. Mineral salts with a long history of use are made suitable for new applications due to the change in their morphology. Due to the extra fine particle size, micronized minerals improve the sensory properties and provide a higher relative surface, which may lead to an enhanced absorption of the active minerals. The micronization step of a mineral salt has several advantages, such as improved dispersibility or less sedimentation. Sedimentation The use of insoluble mineral salts can offer some advantages, e. g. a lower reactivity or a better taste profile. Micronized, insoluble mineral salts can be used in solid foods as well as in a suspension of liquid products. Water-insoluble minerals in relatively large particles easily form sediments in a suspension, whereas micronized particles remain dispersed in low viscous liquids without any sedimentation. This, for example, is important for an optimal homogeneity of a fortifying agent in fruit and vegetable juices, milk and dairy products or dips and sauces. Fruit juices or infant formula can be fortified with micronized, water-insoluble Ferric Pyrophosphate. Sensory properties Beginning with a particle size of about 50 µm, the human mouth senses a suspended powder as being “rough” 1 . In order to avoid an unpleasant mouthfeel, the use of additives with a small particle size is essential. For example, the fortification of cream cheese with micronized Tricalcium Citrate leads to a very creamy product without any negative side effects. Lipoid GmbH | info@lipoid.com | www.lipoid.com PHOSAL ® Curcumin – The Natural Choice for Bioavailable Curcuminoids • With highly purified phosphatidylcholine from sunflower lecithin for an increased bioavailability in a natural way. We Invest in Quality.

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