Advantages of Microencapsulated Vitamins and Synergy with Vegetable Oils

Vitamins are valuable allies for our health, but their effectiveness is often threatened by environmental factors. Light, heat, and oxygen can quickly degrade essential nutrients such as fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), reducing their benefits even before they reach our body.

How can we ensure that a supplement preserves its effectiveness intact? The answer lies in an innovative technology developed by IPS: microencapsulation.

Microencapsulation is a process that encloses vitamins in protective microcapsules. This biopolymeric coating acts as a shield, protecting vitamins from oxidation and degradation.

The advantages are many, but here are the most important:

  • Protection of the active substance: vitamins are isolated from external agents, ensuring greater stability and longer shelf life.
  • Controlled release: the coating allows a gradual and targeted release of vitamins in the intestine, optimizing absorption and maximizing functional efficacy. This is crucial for vitamins such as D, which requires optimal absorption, or E, for its antioxidant action.
  • Neutral taste and odor: microencapsulation masks unpleasant tastes and odors, making vitamin supplementation easier.

The effectiveness of this technology is further enhanced when microencapsulated vitamins are dispersed in vegetable oils. Oils such as olive, flaxseed, high oleic sunflower, and avocado are not just simple excipients but true synergistic partners. Rich in unsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants, they act as natural carriers for fat-soluble vitamins, improving solubility and facilitating transport across the intestinal barrier into the bloodstream.

This combination ensures greater bioavailability, allowing the body to better absorb and use the vitamins it needs.

The synergy between microencapsulated vitamins and vegetable oils represents the frontier of dietary supplementation. This powerful combination protects vitamins and amplifies their effectiveness, ensuring nutraceutical products of the highest level, stable and effective. This is the competitive advantage that IPS offers to companies wishing to stand out in the market.

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Technical information: composition, characterization, characteristics

Below are the technical data sheets of some of the oils and extracts that we have microencapsulated for our customers:

Prodotto FlowActives®

Nome scientifico

Granulometria

Scheda Tecnica

Microcapsules containing Linseed oil

Linum usitatissimum

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Saw Palmetto extract

Serenoa Repens

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Cinnamon essential oil

Cinnamomum zeylanicum

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Tea Tree oil

Melaleuca alternifolia

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Ginger essential oil

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Caraway oil

Carum Carvi

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Peppermint essential oil

Mentoloe Mentone

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Vitamin D3 in oil

Colecalciferolo

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Cloves essential oil

Eugenia caryophyllata

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Fish Oil

Omega 3

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Dill essential oil

Anethum graveolense

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Sweet Fennel essential oil

Foeniculum vulgare var dulce

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Star Anise essential oil

llicium Verum

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Juniper essential oil

Juniperus Communis

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Rosemary essential oil

Rosmarinus officinalis L.

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Borage seed oil

Borrago Officinalis

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Lavender essential oil

Lavandula officinalis

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Oregano essential oil

Origanum Vulgare

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Hemp Seed oil

Canapa Sativa L.

100 / 600 µm

Microcapsules containing Coenzyme Q10 in oil

Coenzyme Q10

100 / 600 µm

MICROENCAPSULATION PROJECTS

Our team is at hand to develop any new microencapsulation project with you. Please contact us for more information.