Multiple Fortification of Salt with Zinc and Other Micronutrients
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Abstract
Diets poor in essential vitamins and minerals are widespread throughout the world and have profound effects on the health and social development of individuals. Zinc deficiency is estimated to affect one-third of the world's population, which could be addressed by adding zinc to the current widespread salt iodization processes. This research aims to develop a cost-effective technology to fortify iodized salt with zinc alone and in combination with other micronutrients while ensuring micronutrient stability. Since the iodine spray solution was incompatible with zinc, it was concluded that the only viable option for adding zinc to iodized salt is to create a barrier between zinc and iodine. Two encapsulation techniques, extrusion agglomeration and spray drying, were optimized for encapsulating zinc alone and along with iron. For fortifying refined salt, zinc and iron were encapsulated to produce premixes by optimizing the extrusion agglomeration method. Our results confirmed that the formula in which iron was included in the core of the premix and the reddish colour of ferrous fumarate was masked with 20% zinc oxide and 15% titanium dioxide, with 5% hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and 5% soy stearin as the moisture barrier was the most promising formula. Salt prepared by this process retained more than 70% iodine when stored at 45°C and 70% relative humidity for 6 months. Zinc and iron-zinc powders were prepared to fortify coarse salt by optimizing the spray-drying technique. The hygroscopic properties of maltodextrin made it an inefficient barrier between the active ingredients and iodine. At the same time, chitosan and the combination of Eudraguard with hydroxypropyl methylcellulose proved to be an effective barrier. Characterization of the different powders and the role of each variable revealed that a ratio of 20% between the total active ingredients and the coating material was the optimal ratio, while the combination of Eudraguard: hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (3:1 w/w) showing superior encapsulation properties compared to other coating materials. Overall, this study demonstrated that it is possible to fortify fine and coarse salt with encapsulated stable zinc or zinc and iron powders.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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