Lauric acid adsorbed cellulose nanocrystals retained the physical stability of oil-in-water Pickering emulsion during different dilutions, pH, and storage periods

Due to increased environmental and health concerns, there has been an demand for sustainable natural emulsifiers/stabilizers create a stable O/W emulsion. their unique properties, cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) have considerably investigated as stabilizer producing However, the utilization of CNC stabilized emulsion is only limited viscous or semi-solid foods. Hence this study investigates modification by adsorbing lauric acid its suitability beta-carotene Pickering nutraceutical beverages. The efficacy modified on physicochemical stability was monitored under different conditions such dilution factors 1–10, pH 1–11, 30 days storage period at room temperature. Results depicted that above 1.5% (w/v) significantly (p ? 0.05) retained average droplet size, morphology, creaming index dilutions. size 150–300% emulsions with unmodified noticeable changes in morphology droplets. Unexpectedly, higher thiobarbituric reactive substances (TBARS) concentrations were recorded compared control emulsion, which contained gum arabic reference stabilizer. Transition metals may catalyzed lipid oxidation; however, source role oxidation warrant further study.