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Bioavailability of freeze-dried and spray-dried grapefruit juice vitamin C
2018
Proceedings of 21th International Drying Symposium
unpublished
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An alternative as to offer higher stable and easy handling than fresh fruit is in powdered form, as long as the process used to obtain it ensures a high quality product. The objective of this study was to compare the bioavailability of the vitamin C of a juice prepared from powdered grapefruit obtained by freeze-drying and by spray-drying. A trial was conducted with 11 healthy volunteers. A relative increase of 1,4 – 25,8 % of blood serum vitamin C concentration was quantified after juices
doi:10.4995/ids2018.2018.7478
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