The microencapsulation of the TTO oil increases its evaporation temperature, indicating that the oil has been successfully encapsulated. The thermogram of the microcapsules with G/C ratio¼10.0 clearly demonstrated a more noticeable contribution to the peak at a higher temperature, at 276 C, indicating a greater stability of the microencapsulated oil. The enthalpy associated to those endothermic peaks at 233 C and 276 C, can be related to the amount of microencapsulated oil and therefore to the encapsulation process efficiency.