Research Article

Optimization of Wall Materials for Astaxanthin Powder Production from Shrimp Shell Extract Using Simplex Lattice Mixture Design

Table 4

The effect of type and concentration of wall compounds on physical properties of encapsulated powders.

Wall compositionMoisture (%)Encapsulation yield (Y, %)Bulk density (g/cm3)Particle size (μm)Glass transition temperature (Tg, °C)
MD7Hi-Cap 100MD20

05050 gbabe
50050debde
00100cdfc
50500fgbgh
10000cce
16.6766.6716.67fgcddab
10000effe
01000adb
00100cefc
16.6716.6766.67babdcb
66.6716.6716.67eahcc
33.3333.3333.33decfgba
50500gcdfbd
01000bcfb

(standard deviation) within a column with the same lowercase letters are not significantly different at .