This study aimed to evaluate the impact on digestibility and physical properties of enteral formulas by the addition of variable ingredients. Eight formulas were designed by a simplex-centroid evaluating different concentrations of inulin, medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) and whey protein isolate (WPO). Dverall, the eight formulas developed presented mean values of 17.3% of protein, 62.3% of carbohydrates, 11.5% of lipids, a caloric value of 420 kcal/100 g, thus obtaining nutritionally adequate formulas. The emulsion stability of the suspended formulas was affected by all ingredients and the interactions between MCT -inulin, and MCT -WPO were effective in improving this parameter. Besides that, the use of inulin mostly affected the protein digestibility, according to the degree of hydrolysis and the peptide profile. The desirability function (d-value = 0.769) proposed a formulation containing 0.70% of inulin, 1.56% of MCT, and 1.73% of WPO. This proposed solution may improve enteral formulas because this has optimal emulsion stability and protein digestibility, which are essential characteristics for a product to be used by patients under special clinical conditions. Keywords: enteral formula; emulsion stability; in vitro gastrointestinal digestion; design of experiments.Practical Application: Stability and protein digestibility of enteral formulas were affected by ingredient replacement.

The slow process to obtain fruit vinegar is based on low speed of acetylation, with good reproducibility in the laboratory and low expense. This study aimed to produce a mango vinegar by the method of slow acetylation or Orleans method. The acetic fermentation was carried with mango fermented with an alcohol content of 7% (v. v -1) and added 100 ml of strong vinegar unpasteurized as inoculum. The fermentation occurred for 28 days, samples were removed every seven days (0, 7, 14, 21 e 28). Vinegar presented volatile acid content of 3.23 ± 0.07 %, total acidity (4.21 ± 0.11 %), pH (3.28 ± 0.03), residual ethanol (0.95 ± 0.01 %), carotenoids (12.67 ± 1.14 mg. 100mL-1) and total phenolic compounds (31.80 ± 2.00 mg catechin. 100mL-1). The acid conversion was 0.799 ± 0.01 g. g-1 and the yield Gesammte Konzentration (GK) of 64.00 ± 5.04 %. The vinegar obtained showed significant levels of total carotenoids and phenolics. It was possible to obtain sleeve vinegar by slow acetylation process, however it is necessary the development of studies regarding acetylation method in order to increase the productivity and efficiency of the process as well as to minimize evaporative losses, decrease the chances of contamination and to increase the acetic acid content in obtaining vinegar according to recommended in the current Brazilian legislation.