Croatian Society of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists
Abstract
Iako je primarna namjena oblaganja čestica bila proizvodnja lijekova sa zaštitnim fi lmom, oblaganje čestica pronalazi sve veću primjenu i u prehrambenoj proizvodnji, uglavnom radi zadržavanja funkcionalnih svojstava nutraceutika i aditiva. Glavne pozitivne strane oblaganja čestica jesu da nastaju mikrokapsule s produženim vijekom trajanja, lakoćom manipuliranja, kontroliraniim oslobađanjem hranjivih tvari, boljim okusom, bojom i sveopćom prihvatljivošću za krajnjeg kupca (Dewettinck i Huyghebaert, 1999). Međutim, u usporedbi s farmaceutskom tehnologijom, prehrambena je više okrenuta smanjenju troškova proizvodnje, a time i drugačijem pristupu oblaganju čestica koje je samo po sebi
jako skup proces. Iako skup, proces oblaganja čestica u prehrambenoj industriji koristi se u svrhu očuvanja dobrih svojstava pojedinih aditiva, nutraceutika, probiotičkih kultura i ostalih funkcionalnih sastojaka za koje je bitno da svoja funkcionalna svojstva zadrže tijekom proizvodnog procesa i perioda skladištenja kako bi mogli polučiti pozitivne učinke kod krajnjeg korisnika.Although the production of fi lm tablets in the pharmaceutical industry was the primary purpose of the coating process, it is also frequently used in the food industry. The basic purpose of making coated food products is maintaining functional properties of nutraceutics and food additives. Main positive effects of coating are products with a longer shelf life, easy to handle, with controllable substance release, better taste, color and appearance for the end customer. However, in comparison with the pharmaceutical industry, food industry is more focused on reducing production costs and therefore a different approach to an expensive particle coating process. Although expensive, particle coating process is used
in food industry to preserve functional properties of additives, nutraceutics, probiotic microorganisms and other functional properties throughout the production process and storage, in order to achieve positive effects on the end customer
