Preparation of Microcapsules Containing Grape Polyphenol with the Spray Drying Method Followed by the Layer-by-Layer Method

Yoshinari Taguchi, Shinji Arakawa, Natsukaze Saito, Masato Tanaka^*

Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/pp.2015.62008                

Abstract

It was tried to prepare the microcapsules containing grape polyphenol with the spray drying method followed by the layer-by-layer method. As grape polyphenol was water soluble, the spray drying method was adopted to obtain the higher content. As the shell material of the first microcapsules prepared by the spray drying method, palmitic acid with the melting point of 60°C was adopted in order to prevent grape polyphenol from dissolution into water. As the shell material of the second microcapsules prepared by the layer-by-layer method, chitosan was used to coat the first microcapsules and to give the microcapsules alcohol resistance. In the experiment, the spray drying conditions such as the inlet temperature and the spraying pressure, the oil soluble surfactant species and the chitosan concentration were changed. The mean diameters of microcapsules could be controlled in the range from 5 μm to 35 μm by changing the spraying pressure and the inlet temperature. The yield of microcapsules and the microencapsulation efficiency over 50% could be obtained under the conditions of P = 1.0 kgf/cm² and T_in = 100°C. Furthermore, the microencapsulation efficiency could be increased by adding the oil soluble surfactant with the larger HLB value. Coating with chitosan could considerably increase alcohol resistance.

Keywords

Grape Polyphenol Containing Microcapsules, Palmitic Acid Shell, Chitosan Shell, Spray Drying Method, Layer-by-Layer Method

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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