Effects of holding time before cooling, cooling method, and light or dark refrigerated storage on the stability of vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamine, riboflavin, and folate were investigated in fortified and unfortified soymilk. Vitamin C loss (6%) and mild vitamin A isomerization occurred when soymilk was held hot after fortification. Cooling bottled soymilk at ambient temperature or in an ice-water bath did not affect any vitamins. Loss of riboflavin (18%) and vitamin A isomerization occurred during 12 days of light-exposed refrigerated storage, in contrast to no vitamin degradation during dark refrigerated storage. A sensory panel of youth and children indicated no significant preferences between fortified and unfortified soymilk except for color, where the lighter-colored unfortified soymilk was preferred. Acceptable vitamin stability and sensory characteristics can be achieved in fortified soymilk produced in small-scale batch processes with appropriate management of production and storage conditions.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.