Citral Is A Vital Natural Flavoring Agent Used In Food, Beverages, And Cosmetics
Citral is a vital natural flavouring agent that is used in beverages, foods, and cosmetics. However, due to its chemical instability in acidic environments, its application domain is limited. For decades, inhibiting lemon degradation has been a long-standing industrial issue and a difficult task.
The traditional methods of preventing lemon degradation, such as lowering the temperature, neutralising the pH, and removing oxygen, all have one or more limitations. Antioxidants are also used to prevent lemon degradation, but their use is limited due to their noncommercial availability, high cost, and lengthy extraction process. Some antioxidants impart an unpleasant taste and colour to food products.
Instead, self-assemblies of surfactants and polymers offer a promising method for increasing lemon aqueous stability at low pH through compartmentalization due to its isolation from protons and free radicals. Citral is significantly more stable in our recently developed P123-chitosan-based hydrogel formulations under harsh acidic conditions of pH 1. In this chapter, we discuss the potential of self-assembly designs to improve lemon stability in acidic environments, which are common in foods such as beverages.
Over the forecast period, the Citral Market is expected to grow due to rising demand for lime-flavored beverages.
Lemon has a strong lemon scent and is used in perfumery as an aroma compound. Lemon oil is fortified with it. (Another perfumery compound with a less intense but sweeter lemon note is nerol.) The aldehydes citronellal and lemon are thought to be key components responsible for the lemon flavour, with lemon being preferred.
In acari and insects, it also has pheromonal effects. Lemon is used to mask the odour of smoke in the synthesis of vitamin A, lycopene, ionone, and methylionone. Insecticidal and antifungal activity of the herb Cymbopogon citratus against storage pests has been demonstrated.
According to two studies, 1-1.7% of people are allergic to Citral, and allergies are frequently reported. Lemon is highly sensitising to allergies when used alone; the International Fragrance Association recommends that lemon be used in conjunction with substances that prevent a sensitising effect. Lemon has been thoroughly tested and found to have no genotoxicity or carcinogenic effect.
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