In sensory tests, 120 untrained panelists gave the gummies high scores for taste, color, aroma and overall acceptability.Ībout half of the panelists said they would buy the enriched gummy, with another 36% saying they might buy the product. To develop this into a suitable food product, the researchers added a natural strawberry flavor and molded the gel into half-inch-wide candies.
The gel became a reddish gummy material after it dried. Then, by rapidly stirring the emulsion into the pectin gel with sugar, the team produced an emulsion-filled gel. The researchers first made an emulsion, combining citrate buffer, inulin, gum arabic, flaxseed oil and vitamin D3, and separately made the pectin gel, dissolving a type of pectin, calcium chloride and vitamin B12 in a citrate buffer. So, Samantha Pinho and colleagues wanted to see if they could use only plant-based ingredients, such as pectin, to produce a gummy candy enriched with vitamins B12 and D3 that would be acceptable to consumers. Previous researchers have shown that pectin, a plant-based polysaccharide, can be used as a gelling agent in animal product-free foods. One solution could be to put them into emulsion-filled gels, such as gummy candies. To avoid the pitfalls of vitamin deficiencies, people who adhere to plant-based diets often take supplements, but it's been challenging to put both vitamin B12 and vitamin D3 in one pill because of their differing solubilities.
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