Edible and Functionalized Films/Coatings—Performances and Perspectives
Sorin Marius Avramescu,Claudia Butean,Claudia-Valentina Popa,Alina Ortan,Ionut Moraru,Georgeta Temocico +5 more
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A review of the use of edible films/coating with different compositions with a focus on natural compounds from plants, and an assessment of their mechanical and physicochemical features can be found in this paper.Abstract:
In recent years, food packaging has evolved from an inert and polluting waste that remains after using the product toward an active item that can be consumed along with the food it contains. Edible films and coatings represent a healthy alternative to classic food packaging. Therefore, a significant number of studies have focused on the development of biodegradable enveloping materials based on biopolymers. Animal and vegetal proteins, starch, and chitosan from different sources have been used to prepare adequate packaging for perishable food. Moreover, these edible layers have the ability to carry different active substances such as essential oils—plant extracts containing polyphenols—which bring them considerable antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. This review presents the latest updates on the use of edible films/coatings with different compositions with a focus on natural compounds from plants, and it also includes an assessment of their mechanical and physicochemical features. The plant compounds are essential in many cases for considerable improvement of the organoleptic qualities of embedded food, since they protect the food from different aggressive pathogens. Moreover, some of these useful compounds can be extracted from waste such as pomace, peels etc., which contributes to the sustainable development of this industry.read more
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Biodegradable Antimicrobial Food Packaging: Trends and Perspectives
Ludmila Motelica,Denisa Ficai,Anton Ficai,Ovidiu Oprea,Durmus Alpaslan Kaya,Ecaterina Andronescu +5 more
TL;DR: This review tries to cover the latest updates on the antimicrobial packaging, edible or not, using as support traditional and new polymers, with emphasis on natural compounds.
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Innovative Antimicrobial Chitosan/ZnO/Ag NPs/Citronella Essential Oil Nanocomposite—Potential Coating for Grapes
Ludmila Motelica,Denisa Ficai,Anton Ficai,R. Trusca,Cornelia-Ioana Ilie,Ovidiu-Cristian Oprea,Ecaterina Andronescu +6 more
TL;DR: A biodegradable antimicrobial film that can be used as packaging material for food and according to the literature and preliminary studies, these formulations are suitable as coating for fruits.
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Pectins from alternative sources and uses beyond sweets and jellies: An overview
TL;DR: In this paper, it has been demonstrated that several unutilised and discarded wastes from agricultural, agro-industry and food industry have potential to produce gelling pectins in accordance with the purity criteria set by FAO and EU.
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Whey Protein Concentrate/Isolate Biofunctional Films Modified with Melanin from Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Seeds.
Łukasz Łopusiewicz,Emilia Drozłowska,Paulina Trocer,Mateusz Kostek,Mariusz Śliwiński,Marta Henriques,Artur Bartkowiak,Peter Sobolewski +7 more
TL;DR: Melanin from watermelon seeds can be used as a functional modifier to develop bioactive biopolymer films with good potential to be exploited in food packaging and biomedical applications.
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Effect of orange (Citrus sinensis L.) peel essential oil on characteristics of blend films based on chitosan and fish skin gelatin
TL;DR: A novel composite packaging film based on fish skin gelatin (FSG) and water soluble chitosan (CH) incorporated with the concentrations(0.25,0.5,1.0%, v/v) of orange peel essential oils (OPEO) were prepared and characterized as mentioned in this paper.
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