Innovative Strategies Based on Delivery Technology to Improve the Absorption and Utilization of Functional Ingredients in Sports Nutrition Foods

Sports nutrition food is of great significance for sports persons to supplement essential nutrients timely and regulate their physical functions. Its important components include basic nutrients such as whey protein and functional ingredients such as taurine. Functional factors are crucial for enhan...

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Main Author: SONG Xinyu, LIU Xiangyu, YUE Qing, WEI Bing, SONG Guilin, ZHANG Hui, DU Pengcheng, SUN Congyu, ZHANG Ziyi, LÜ Mingchun, LI Yuan
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Published: China Food Publishing Company 2025-05-01
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author SONG Xinyu, LIU Xiangyu, YUE Qing, WEI Bing, SONG Guilin, ZHANG Hui, DU Pengcheng, SUN Congyu, ZHANG Ziyi, LÜ Mingchun, LI Yuan
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description Sports nutrition food is of great significance for sports persons to supplement essential nutrients timely and regulate their physical functions. Its important components include basic nutrients such as whey protein and functional ingredients such as taurine. Functional factors are crucial for enhancing athletic performance and reducing fatigue. However, they encounter challenges like poor stability, rapid degradation, and low absorption rates, which greatly restrict their health benefits. Consequently, the development of sports nutrition products featuring functional factors faces several obstacles. Delivery technologies including microcapsules, emulsions and gels have been shown to be effective in improving the stability and absorption of functional ingredients, thus having the potential to be an innovative strategy to develop functional foods. In this review, we first provide an overview of the classification and functions of sports nutrients and functional ingredients, and then introduce the mechanisms by which functional ingredients improve athletic performance. Besides, we discuss various delivery technologies suitable for sports nutrition foods and their applications and explore future directions for the sustainable development of the sports nutrition food industry. This review is expected to provide a theoretical basis and technical support for the development of highly absorbable sports nutrition food.
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spelling doaj-art-529f7142030e4383a648b04bc19221df2025-08-20T03:51:08ZengChina Food Publishing CompanyShipin Kexue1002-66302025-05-0146941142410.7506/spkx1002-6630-20241009-037Innovative Strategies Based on Delivery Technology to Improve the Absorption and Utilization of Functional Ingredients in Sports Nutrition FoodsSONG Xinyu, LIU Xiangyu, YUE Qing, WEI Bing, SONG Guilin, ZHANG Hui, DU Pengcheng, SUN Congyu, ZHANG Ziyi, LÜ Mingchun, LI Yuan0(1. Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; 2. Beijing Competitor Sports Science Technology Joint Stock Co., Ltd., Beijing 100029, China; 3. Frontier Technology Research Institute of China Agricultural University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518119, China)Sports nutrition food is of great significance for sports persons to supplement essential nutrients timely and regulate their physical functions. Its important components include basic nutrients such as whey protein and functional ingredients such as taurine. Functional factors are crucial for enhancing athletic performance and reducing fatigue. However, they encounter challenges like poor stability, rapid degradation, and low absorption rates, which greatly restrict their health benefits. Consequently, the development of sports nutrition products featuring functional factors faces several obstacles. Delivery technologies including microcapsules, emulsions and gels have been shown to be effective in improving the stability and absorption of functional ingredients, thus having the potential to be an innovative strategy to develop functional foods. In this review, we first provide an overview of the classification and functions of sports nutrients and functional ingredients, and then introduce the mechanisms by which functional ingredients improve athletic performance. Besides, we discuss various delivery technologies suitable for sports nutrition foods and their applications and explore future directions for the sustainable development of the sports nutrition food industry. This review is expected to provide a theoretical basis and technical support for the development of highly absorbable sports nutrition food.https://www.spkx.net.cn/fileup/1002-6630/PDF/2025-46-9-040.pdfsports nutritional foods; functional ingredients; delivery technology; bioavailability; stability
spellingShingle SONG Xinyu, LIU Xiangyu, YUE Qing, WEI Bing, SONG Guilin, ZHANG Hui, DU Pengcheng, SUN Congyu, ZHANG Ziyi, LÜ Mingchun, LI Yuan
Innovative Strategies Based on Delivery Technology to Improve the Absorption and Utilization of Functional Ingredients in Sports Nutrition Foods
Shipin Kexue
sports nutritional foods; functional ingredients; delivery technology; bioavailability; stability
title Innovative Strategies Based on Delivery Technology to Improve the Absorption and Utilization of Functional Ingredients in Sports Nutrition Foods
title_full Innovative Strategies Based on Delivery Technology to Improve the Absorption and Utilization of Functional Ingredients in Sports Nutrition Foods
title_fullStr Innovative Strategies Based on Delivery Technology to Improve the Absorption and Utilization of Functional Ingredients in Sports Nutrition Foods
title_full_unstemmed Innovative Strategies Based on Delivery Technology to Improve the Absorption and Utilization of Functional Ingredients in Sports Nutrition Foods
title_short Innovative Strategies Based on Delivery Technology to Improve the Absorption and Utilization of Functional Ingredients in Sports Nutrition Foods
title_sort innovative strategies based on delivery technology to improve the absorption and utilization of functional ingredients in sports nutrition foods
topic sports nutritional foods; functional ingredients; delivery technology; bioavailability; stability
url https://www.spkx.net.cn/fileup/1002-6630/PDF/2025-46-9-040.pdf
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