Neutrons and Food 8 at MLZ

Simple intestinal in vitro digestion studies combined with synchrotron SAXS have suggested a rich lipid nanostructural polymorphism in bovine milk. Here we present similar studies on a range of commercial plant emulsion milk substitution products and show significant differences despite comparable compositions of fat, protein and minerals. We expand the digestion studies to include a gastric phase as well as test different gastric lipase options and the inclusion of bile salts and phospholipids - all yielding dramatic differences of the final nanostructural outcomes.