date:Apr 22, 2016
Microencapsulation can be used to package the bitter cargo into a protective shell and prevent the bitter compound from interacting with the receptor. Complex formation with cyclodextrins is arguably the best known example of such technologies.
4. Formulators can rely on identification of bitter masking compounds that perturb the bitter compound-receptor interaction and reduce the perceived bitterness. To date however, few compounds have been identified. The lack of methodology to identify bitte