Bgg Applephenon
Applephenon is a trade designation for a standardised apple polyphenol preparation made from unripe apples of Malus domestica, sold as a fine powder for supplement and functional food use. The material sits within the wider apple polyphenol category but is distinguished by its feedstock, immature fruit thinned from the orchard before sugar accumulation, in which the phenolic concentration is several times that of ripe fruit.
The phenolic profile is dominated by oligomeric procyanidins built from catechin and epicatechin units, which typically account for more than half the total polyphenol figure. Chlorogenic acid, phloridzin, phloretin and quercetin glycosides make up the balance, with phloridzin serving as the marker that confirms apple origin, since it occurs in few other food plants.
Functionally the preparation acts as a plant antioxidant and as a source of astringency, procyanidins binding salivary and food proteins to give a drying mouthfeel. The powder is off white to light tan, dissolves in water and in aqueous ethanol, and is stable under acid conditions while losing assay steadily above neutral pH and on prolonged heating. It darkens in the presence of iron, so stainless steel handling and chelated formulations are the norm.
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- Function
- Plant extract
Specifications
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Off white to light tan fine powder |
| Odour and Taste | Faint fruity odour, astringent |
| Botanical Source | Unripe fruit of Malus domestica |
| Identification | HPLC profile showing phloridzin and procyanidin B2 |
| Total Polyphenols | ≥ 70.0% (UV, Folin, as catechin) |
| Procyanidins | ≥ 40.0% (HPLC) |
| Phloridzin | ≥ 2.0% (HPLC) |
| Particle Size | ≥ 95% through 80 mesh |
| Loss on Drying | ≤ 5.0% |
| Sulphated Ash | ≤ 3.0% |
| pH (1% solution) | 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Residual Ethanol | ≤ 0.5% |
| Lead | ≤ 2.0 mg/kg |
| Arsenic | ≤ 1.0 mg/kg |
| Total Plate Count | ≤ 5,000 cfu/g |
| Yeast and Mould | ≤ 100 cfu/g |
| Escherichia coli | Negative in 1 g |
| Salmonella | Negative in 25 g |
Common Markets Grades
Preparations in this class are quoted on two figures together, total polyphenols by the Folin colourimetric method and procyanidins by HPLC. Standard offers give total polyphenols in the region of 70 to 80 percent with procyanidins above half of that, and lower assay versions on a maltodextrin carrier are used where the powder is to be blended into a premix and flow matters more than concentration.
Within a given assay the trade separates carrier free spray dried powder from carrier borne material, and standard 80 mesh from micronised and granulated cuts. A decolourised grade produced with additional adsorption and washing is offered for clear beverages, where the light brown cast of the standard powder would show. Because the category is defined by a proprietary specification rather than by a pharmacopoeial monograph, buyers verify identity against the phloridzin marker and the procyanidin distribution rather than relying on the total polyphenol number alone.
Applications
- Capsule and tablet supplements, dosed on the declared procyanidin figure as a fruit derived antioxidant
- Sports and recovery products, where apple procyanidins are the differentiating botanical claim
- Functional beverages held below pH 4, using the decolourised grade so no brown tint appears in a clear pack
- Chewing gum, mints and confectionery, where the astringency gives a dry clean finish and supports breath claims
- Fat containing foods such as fried snacks and bakery creams, applied as a plant antioxidant against rancidity
- Processed meat and seafood, slowing lipid oxidation and the warmed over flavour of cooked chilled products
- Oral care formulations, where procyanidins bind salivary proteins and contribute mouthfeel
- Skin care emulsions and serums, added to the cool down phase for polyphenol content
China Manufacturers of Bgg Applephenon
Top Bgg Applephenon manufacturers in China.
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Regulatory Status
In the United States, apple polyphenol preparations of this type are used as dietary ingredients under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, with finished products manufactured under 21 CFR Part 111. Specific commercial apple polyphenol ingredients have been notified to the Food and Drug Administration as generally recognised as safe for defined food and beverage applications, and the agency responded to those notifications without objection. Apple extracts used at flavour level are covered by the flavouring provisions instead.
In the European Union the preparation is a food or food supplement ingredient rather than an authorised food additive, so it carries no E number and its antioxidant function cannot be declared in the additive sense. Conventional aqueous and ethanolic extracts of apple fruit rely on a history of consumption in the Union, while extracts concentrated to an atypical composition or produced by an unusual process fall within the novel food regulation and require assessment before marketing. Codex has no commodity standard covering apple polyphenol preparations and JECFA has issued no additive specification for them.
Manufacturing Process
Unripe apples thinned from the orchard are washed, milled and extracted with water or with aqueous ethanol under conditions that limit air contact, since the fruit's own polyphenol oxidase browns the phenolics quickly once the tissue is broken. The extract liquor is separated from the pomace by pressing and decanting, then clarified by centrifugation and membrane filtration to remove pectin and fine solids.
The clarified liquor is loaded onto a macroporous adsorption resin that retains the phenolic fraction while sugars, malic acid and pectin pass to waste in the water wash. Elution with aqueous ethanol recovers the polyphenols, and the eluate is concentrated under vacuum at low temperature with solvent recovery. The concentrate is spray dried, alone for a carrier free powder or with maltodextrin where flow and a lower assay are wanted, then sieved, assayed by HPLC and blended across sub lots to a uniform procyanidin figure before packing in food grade liners inside fibre drums.
