Fish Oil Microencapsulation as Omega-3 Fatty Acids Fortification Material for Cream of Crab Soup
<p>Omega-3 fatty acids have important roles in improvement of intelligent and health<br />of human. Microencapsulation of fish oil as source of omega-3 fatty acids is an effort to<br />maintain flavor, aroma, stability, and also to successfully transfer bioactive component<br />from the fish oil as fortification material for foods or medicines. Improvement of instant<br />crab cream soup enriched with fish oil as source of omega-3 fatty acid has never been<br />conducted before. The purpose of this research was to improve microencapsulation<br />method for fish oil as source of omega-3 fatty acids as fortification material for instant<br />cream of crab soup. Microencapsulation methods in this research are homogenization<br />and spray drying. The results showed that the best microcapsule was obtained from<br />homogenization treatment for 10 minutes with efficiency of 90.41±0.64%. The shape of<br />the obtained microcapsule was spherical with average size of 6.52 μm, with induction time<br />up to 26.09±0.01 hours. The best cream of crab soup formula was at fish oil microcapsule </p><p>concentration of 3.30%, with 8.19% daily value of omega-3, inclusion 11.32% of EPA and<br />DHA at serving size of 17.56 gram.<br />Keywords : Crab, fish oil, fortification, instant cream soup, microencapsulation, omega-3<br />fatty acids</p>