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Degradation kinetics of vitamins in different enteral feeding formulas during storage at different temperatures
Hong Yang1,2, Ling Hou2, HongMei Sun2
1Department of Food Science and Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116034, PR China.
Abstract:
Vitamin degradation may be affected differently by various food matrices. In this study, the kinetics of vitamin A, B1, and C degradation were directly compared in two types of enteral feeding formulas (EFFs) with different energy densities over a nine-month storage period at 4, 25, and 30 °C. The content of vitamins A, B1, and C was measured in the initial and stored formulas. The results justified the finding that the content of these vitamins was gradually decreased with storage time or temperature increases during the period. At each temperature during storage, the degradation of vitamins A, B1, and C followed first-order kinetics, and the rate constants calculated indicated the degradation of vitamins was temperature-dependent. The EFF-B exhibited a higher activation energy for vitamin degradation than that in the EFF-A, and the activation energy indicated an inverse relationship with the fat content of EFFs. The outcomes might provide a reference for the development and application of EEFs.
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