Encapsulation of black cumin seed (Nigella sativa) oil by using inverse gelation method

Abstract

Black cumin seed oil (BCO) is an important oil source in the food industry. Alginate capsules with aqueous cores can be made by reversing the gelation technique with alginate and CaCl₂. The research aims to investigate the physicochemical properties of the capsules as well as to analyze the storage stability of BCO emulsions (emulgators; polyglycerol polyricinoleate (A) and sorbitan monooleate (B)) coated using the inverse gelation method. The peroxide value in group A increased rapidly on the first day and then declined without any significant difference between the third and sixth days (p > 0.05). The peroxide value of group B increased significantly (p < 0.05) on the first day and then declined like in the other groups. BCO (7.42 ± 0.16) had the lowest p-anisidine value at the beginning with the initial p-anisidine value of encapsulated BCO groups A and B (21.74 ± 0.84 and 11.48 ± 1.31, respectively) having significantly higher (p < 0.05). The reverse gelation technique utilized in this study raised the p-anisidine value while lowering the peroxide value of the seed oil. The shelf life of black seed oil can be increased by using this technique in the industry.