Research Article

Microencapsulation of β-Carotene by Spray Drying: Effect of Wall Material Concentration and Drying Inlet Temperature

Table 2

Second-order polynomial equations for each response variable.

Equation

0.870.74

0.850.71

0.910.82

AG: arabic gum (%); T: temperature (°C); EE: encapsulation efficiency (%); DY: drying yield (%); LC: loading capacity (mg β-carotene.g−1particles). Affecting significantly the response variable (p>0.05).