Liposomes as Active Ingredient Carriers in the Food Field

Role of Liposomes

Liposomes are used as carriers of active ingredients in food products, mainly for

• Encapsulation of flavor components in dairy products
• Encapsulation of enzymes
• Protection of food sensitive components such as vitamins or minerals

Many vitamins and amino acids have the property of being easily oxidized and decomposed in the presence of light, and suffer great losses in food processing engineering, thus failing to achieve nutritional purposes, such as vitamin C, vitamin E, folic acid, iron, etc. The results of research trials have shown that liposomes can effectively protect IgY activity, even in the environment of pepsin action. Liposomes can effectively protect the vitamins, amino acids, minerals, and other nutrients in food and effectively reduce the loss of nutrients during processing and storage.

Liposomes have become a new type of food in health products and nutritional supplements. Nutritionists believe that liposomes, as microstructural components of breast milk, play an important role not only in nutrient absorption, maintaining the stability of the breast milk system, improving bioavailability, and enhancing immune activity. Liposome-based nutritional preparations, after entering the body, can not only improve the solubility of nutrients, and protect them from the destructive effects of digestive enzymes and acids and bases, but also enhance the absorption of some hydrophobic nutrients.

In addition, during food processing, liposomes can be used as enzyme carriers to keep them active in a variety of environments, thus better catalyzing the processing of food products such as dairy and meat products. Moreover, liposomes can be used for flavor improvement and another property improvement of cheese.

About Us

At BOC Sciences, we develop and produce liposome products for scientific and technical applications.

We are able to design a variety of liposome products containing the most complex compounds. Our scientists can customize liposomes of any size and concentration in any volume to meet your different needs. We have the capability to conduct the entire proposal from liposome design to PK modeling.