Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-cjp7w Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-13T12:47:28.338Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Stability of vitamins during the storage of liquid infant milks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2000

SOLEDAD ALBALÁ-HURTADO
Affiliation:
Departament de Nutrició i Bromatologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Divisio de Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, España
M. TERESA VECIANA-NOGUÉS
Affiliation:
Departament de Nutrició i Bromatologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Divisio de Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, España
ENRIQUE RIERA-VALLS
Affiliation:
Departament de Nutrició i Bromatologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Divisio de Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, España
ABEL MARINÉ-FONT
Affiliation:
Departament de Nutrició i Bromatologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Divisio de Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, España
M. CARMEN VIDAL-CAROU
Affiliation:
Departament de Nutrició i Bromatologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Divisio de Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, España

Abstract

The stability of the water-soluble B vitamins and the fat-soluble vitamins A and E of three liquid infant milks was followed throughout 12 months of storage at 20, 30 and 37 °C. Two samples were ‘follow-on’ milks from two different manufacturers and the other a ‘junior’ milk from one of these. The levels of water-soluble vitamins and vitamin E remained constant during storage at the three temperatures. In contrast, vitamin A decreased in samples from one manufacturer at all storage temperatures, and in samples from the other only at 37 °C. A kinetic equation was derived that made it possible to predict the influence of storage temperature on the shelf life of these kinds of products, together with the storage period during which levels of vitamin A recommended as adequate would remain.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2000

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)