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Effect of Carrier Type and Amount on Vitamin A Light Degradation in Fortified Lowfat and Skim Milks¹

University of Minnesota, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, 1334 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul 55108

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ABSTRACT

Effects of type and amount of retinyl palmitate carrier on light stability of all-trans retinyl palmitate in fortified lowfat milks were investigated. Skim and 2% fat milks were fortified with retinyl palmitate using butter, coconut, corn, or peanut oil as the vitamin carrier. After pasteurization and homogenization, fortified milk samples were exposed to light in glass tubes. At regular intervals, samples were removed from light and analyzed for all-trans retinyl palmitate using high performance liquid chromatography. Less light-induced loss of all-trans retinyl palmitate occurred in skim and 2% fat milks fortified using butter or coconut oil than those using corn or peanut oil. Amount of coconut or corn oil used to incorporate retinyl palmitate also played a role in its light-induced degradation rate. At a carrier concentration of .001% (vol/vol) in skim milk, light degradation of all-trans retinyl palmitate proceeded approximately twice as fast as .01 or .1% (vol/vol). Addition of Tween 80 as an emulsifier had negligible effect on retinyl palmitate light degradation in fortified skim milk.

¹ Published as Paper Number 14,807 of the Scientific Journal Series of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Projects Number 18-24 and 18-87, supported by Hatch funds. The US Aid for International Development-Institute of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Morocco Project, Dairy Research, Inc. (Rosemont, IL), and the University of Minnesota Computer Center also supplied funding for the research.