Natural additives and agricultural wastes in biopolymer formulations for food packaging
The main directions in food packaging research are targeted towards improvements in food quality and food safety. For this purpose, food packaging providing longer product shelf-life, as well as the monitoring of safety and quality based upon international standards, is desirable. New active packagi...
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doaj-976764fbdbc948bdb83ae7e99600daf32020-11-24T23:02:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Chemistry2296-26462014-02-01210.3389/fchem.2014.0000679543Natural additives and agricultural wastes in biopolymer formulations for food packagingArantzazu eValdés0Ana Cristina eMellinas1Marina eRamos2María Carmen eGarrigós3Alfonso eJiménez4University of AlicanteUniversity of AlicanteUniversity of AlicanteUniversity of AlicanteUniversity of AlicanteThe main directions in food packaging research are targeted towards improvements in food quality and food safety. For this purpose, food packaging providing longer product shelf-life, as well as the monitoring of safety and quality based upon international standards, is desirable. New active packaging strategies represent a key area of development in new multifunctional materials where the use of natural additives and/or agricultural wastes is getting increasing interest. The development of new materials, and particularly innovative biopolymer formulations, can help to address these requirements and also with other packaging functions such as: food protection and preservation, marketing and smart communication to consumers. The use of biocomposites for active food packaging is one of the most studied approaches in the last years on materials in contact with food. Applications of these innovative biocomposites could help to provide new food packaging materials with improved mechanical, barrier, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. From the food industry standpoint, concerns such as the safety and risk associated with these new additives, migration properties and possible human ingestion and regulations need to be considered. The latest innovations in the use of these innovative formulations to obtain biocomposites are reported in this review. Legislative issues related to the use of natural additives and agricultural wastes in food packaging systems are also discussed.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fchem.2014.00006/fullLegislation as Topicfood wastesactive packagingAdditivesnano-biocomposites |
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Natural additives and agricultural wastes in biopolymer formulations for food packaging |
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Natural additives and agricultural wastes in biopolymer formulations for food packaging |
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Natural additives and agricultural wastes in biopolymer formulations for food packaging |
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Natural additives and agricultural wastes in biopolymer formulations for food packaging |
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Natural additives and agricultural wastes in biopolymer formulations for food packaging |
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natural additives and agricultural wastes in biopolymer formulations for food packaging |
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The main directions in food packaging research are targeted towards improvements in food quality and food safety. For this purpose, food packaging providing longer product shelf-life, as well as the monitoring of safety and quality based upon international standards, is desirable. New active packaging strategies represent a key area of development in new multifunctional materials where the use of natural additives and/or agricultural wastes is getting increasing interest. The development of new materials, and particularly innovative biopolymer formulations, can help to address these requirements and also with other packaging functions such as: food protection and preservation, marketing and smart communication to consumers. The use of biocomposites for active food packaging is one of the most studied approaches in the last years on materials in contact with food. Applications of these innovative biocomposites could help to provide new food packaging materials with improved mechanical, barrier, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. From the food industry standpoint, concerns such as the safety and risk associated with these new additives, migration properties and possible human ingestion and regulations need to be considered. The latest innovations in the use of these innovative formulations to obtain biocomposites are reported in this review. Legislative issues related to the use of natural additives and agricultural wastes in food packaging systems are also discussed. |
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Legislation as Topic food wastes active packaging Additives nano-biocomposites |
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