Isabel Andrea Odriozola Serrano

Currently, new consumer demands are driving the food industry’s interest in replacing synthetic colourants with natural pigments or extracts rich in health-related compounds and functional properties. The use of nanostructured systems, such as nanoemulsions or double nanoemulsions, could be a viable strategy to protect, improve transport and increase the stability of active substances in these systems, as well as in the food matrices in which they are found. In addition, the release of key compounds could be controlled during the digestive process, thus improving their bioaccessibility and bioavailability. Against this background, the aim of my research is to develop stable nanostructured systems in which active substances of plant origin are protected, interaction with other compounds is restricted, and they can be successfully released to improve their bioavailability.