“…Many of these nutraceuticals cannot simply be introduced into functional foods in their pure form because of physicochemical constraints, such as limited solubility, chemical instability, and poor bioavailability (Liang, Shoemaker, Yang, Zhong, & Huang, 2013;McClements, 2013;Reboul, 2013;Tang & Zhong-Gui, 2007). These challenges can often be overcome using food-grade colloidal delivery systems, such as emulsions, nanoemulsions, microemulsions, solid lipid nanoparticles, and filled hydrogels (Mun, Kim, Shin, & McClements, 2015;Nik, Langmaid, & Wright, 2012;Tokle, Lesmes, Decker, & McClements, 2012;Verrijssen et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2015). Lipophilic nutraceuticals can be encapsulated within lipid droplets that can readily be dispersed in water, that can protect the bioactives from degradation, and that are digested in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) to form mixed micelles that enhance bioaccessibility (McClements, 2013).…”