VITAMIN D IN A FLASH WITH JENACT
JenAct develops
UV machine for enriching mushrooms with Vitamin D within a food processing
environment
Leading designer and
manufacturer of high performance UV air disinfection, UV surface disinfection
and microwave UV technology for the food, pharmaceutical and healthcare
industries, JenAct, tel:01256 892194) – part of the Jenton Group of companies – has worked with USA-based XENON Corporation’s pulsed UV light
system to successfully develop a machine for enriching mushrooms with Vitamin D
within a food processing environment.
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| Pulsed UV Vitamin D Mushroom Enrichment |
Vitamin D is naturally sourced
from exposure to sunlight or from eating food such as eggs or fatty fish. A
combination of awareness of the dangers associated with long term exposure to
sunlight and an ever-increasing indoor lifestyle has created a necessity to
have alternative intake sources. Long-term
research in the USA and Australia has demonstrated that mushrooms are
unique in that their vitamin D content can be artificially
enhanced.
100g of sun-grown mushrooms
contain around 10% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of Vitamin D but
almost all commercially grown mushrooms contain about 1 – 2 % of RDA. However,
by exposing them to UV light, this can be increased to more than 200 % of RDA.
XENON Corporation had been
working on a system for enhancing Vitamin D levels in mushrooms and although
successful was only suitable for use in laboratories. Based on the process
approved by the FDA and the EU, JenAct has further developed the technology for
the food production environment.
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