Edible oleogels for oral delivery of berberine in dairy food: In‐vitro digestion study.

Oleogel is a viscoelastic, spreadable and semi‐solid structure, which is used as a fat substitute and a controller the release of bioactive compounds. The aim of this study was to develop low fat dairy dessert enriched with berberine with applying oleogel system as delivery system and fat replacer. The oleogel prepared with an emulsion‐templated methods based on soluble interaction of whey protein concentrate (WPC), WPC‐basil seed gum (BSG), and WPC‐xanthan gum (XG). In the first step, berberine release kinetic in in‐vitro gastrointestinal environment was studied. The results showed that the mouth environment had the highest release rate of berberine. Cooperation of hydrocolloids in oleogel increase stability of structure in stomach condition in compared with WPC oleogel. The suitable model to fit the oleogels contain beberine was the Korsmeyer‐Papas that was the highest R2 (.98). According to release results of berberine from oleogel network, the oleogel 0.6BSG:WPC was chosen and applied in formulation of dairy dessert at different levels (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of oleogel) instead of cream. The dessert contained uncoated berberine had the unacceptable bitterness in comparison with samples containing coated berberine with oleogel. The overall acceptance decreased with increment of oleogel due to increasing of bitter taste. Appling berberine (therapeutic compound) and oleogel (fat‐substitute) to achieve marketable consumer products showed positive effects on trend of the study, especially at low level of substitution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]