“…Homogenisation is often carried out at elevated temperatures to prevent crystallization of the carotenoids during emulsion preparation (although one must be careful to avoid chemical degradation of the active component during this process). Previously, homogenisation has been used to prepare oil-in-water emulsions or nanoemulsions containing carotenoids, such as lycopene (Boon et al, 2009;Ribeiro, Ax, & Schubert, 2003), lutein (Losso, Khachatryan, Ogawa, Godber, & Shih, 2005) and b-carotene (Chu, Ichikawa, Kanafusa, & Nakajima, 2007Silva et al, 2010). The bioavailability of carotenoids encapsulated within emulsions or nanoemulsions has been reported to be increased when compared to non-encapsulated carotenoids (Grolier, Agoudavi, & Azaisbraesco, 1995;Parker, 1997;Ribeiro et al, 2006), which may enhance their health promoting activities.…”