Degradation kinetics of vitamins in different enteral feeding formulas during storage at different temperatures.

ABSTRACT: Vitamin degradation may be affected differently by various food matrices. In this study, the kinetics of vitamin A, B₁, and C degradation were directly compared in two types of enteral feeding formulas (EFFs) with different energy densities over a nine-month storage period at 4, 25, and 30 °C. The content of vitamins A, B₁, and C was measured in the initial and stored formulas. The results justified the finding that the content of these vitamins was gradually decreased with storage time or temperature increases during the period. At each temperature during storage, the degradation of vitamins A, B₁, and C followed first-order kinetics, and the rate constants calculated indicated the degradation of vitamins was temperature-dependent. The EFF-B exhibited a hi

SUBMITTER: Yang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11040109 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature