For the first time synthesize candies with vitamins B12 and D to help vegans and vegetarians get all the essential nutrients
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousSynthesize gummy candies for the first time with both vitamin B12 and vitamin D to help vegans and vegetarians get all essential nutrients
Around the world, more and more people have chosen to switch to a vegetarian or vegan diet for economic, environmental or ethical reasons. Despite the beneficial effects for our body of these diets are now also proven by science, those who follow a vegan or vegetarian diet can face deficiencies in essential nutrients, such as vitamins B12 and D - which must be correctly integrated in order not to run into damage to health. Vitamin B12, for example, is found exclusively in products of animal origin, so it is obvious that a vegan must artificially integrate it into their diet; as for vitamin D, its deficiency can also affect omnivores since it is not a nutrient that is taken directly from the diet, but from exposure of the skin to the sun's rays.
To allow a simple and effective intake of these nutrients, a team of researchers has developed a strawberry-flavored gummy candy, made without products of animal origin and therefore in line with a vegan or vegetarian diet. Until now the two vitamins had not been combined together in a single tablet due to their different solubility, but now the researchers have developed a gummy candy "enriched" with the two vitamins, in which the gelatin was obtained using only pectin. , a gelling agent originating from fruit (unlike what happens with common gummy candies, made from pork fat).
The researchers started with an emulsion of inulin, gum arabic, linseed oil and vitamin D; on the other hand, they made a pectin gel to which they added calcium and vitamin B12. Subsequently, they mixed the two compounds giving life to a gummy and reddish material, to which they then added strawberry flavor and with which they created "candies".
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In the first sensory tests, these candies were very popular: test participants gave high scores for taste, color, aroma and general acceptability; moreover, about half of the volunteers who tried them said they were willing to buy the product. According to the researchers, this is the first step towards a new frontier of healthy, natural and sustainable nutrition.
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Fonte: ACS Food, Science & Technology
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