Thermal and Nonthermal Encapsulation Methods

Magdalini Krokida

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781351974394
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Pharmacology

Encapsulation is a topic of interest across a wide range of scientific and industrial areas, from pharmaceutics to food and agriculture, for the protection and controlled release of various substances during transportation, storage, and consumption. Since encapsulated materials can be protected from external conditions, encapsulation enhances their stability and maintains their viability. This book offers a comprehensive review of conventional and modern methods for encapsulation. It covers various thermal and nonthermal encapsulation methods applied across a number of industries, including freeze drying, spray drying, spray chilling and spray cooling, electrospinning/electrospraying, osmotic dehydration, extrusion, air-suspension coating, pan coating, and vacuum drying. The book presents basic fundamentals, principles, and applications of each method, enabling the reader to gain extended knowledge. The choice of the most suitable encapsulation technique is based on the raw materials, the required size, and the desirable characteristics of the final products.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Editor
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Principles and Applications of Encapsulation Technologies to Food Materials
• Chapter 2 Freeze Drying and Microwave Freeze Drying as Encapsulation Methods
• Chapter 3 Encapsulation Methods: Spray Drying, Spray Chilling and Spray Cooling
• Chapter 4 Electro-Hydrodynamic Processes (Electrospinning and Electrospraying): Nonthermal Processes for Micro- and Nanoencapsulation
• Chapter 5 Extrusion for Microencapsulation
• Chapter 6 Osmotic Dehydration and Combined Processes for Tissue Modification and Selective Ingredient Impregnation and Encapsulation
• Chapter 7 Other Technologies for Encapsulation (Air Suspension Coating, Pan Coating, and Vacuum Drying)
• Chapter 8 Industry-Relevant Encapsulation Technologies for Food and Functional Food Production
• Index