Food Packaging: A Comprehensive Review and Future Trends

Han, Jia‐Wei; Ruiz-García, Luis; Qian, Jianping; Yang, Xinting

doi:10.1111/1541-4337.12343

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“…Innovation in the food packaging industry has recently seen the emergence of intelligent technologies based on compounds that not only prolong the shelf-life of food but more importantly respond, in a controlled and specialised fashion, to the presence of microorganisms [77]. In this scenario, L. Lin and collaborators have developed active PEO electrospun fibres that release cinnamon EO in the presence of B. cereus, which is one of the most frequent causes of food poisoning outbreaks [43,78].…”

Section: Cinnamon Essential Oilmentioning

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Electrospinning of Essential Oils

Mele

2020

Polymers

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The extensive and sometimes unregulated use of synthetic chemicals, such as drugs, preservatives, and pesticides, is posing big threats to global health, the environment, and food security. This has stimulated the research of new strategies to deal with bacterial infections in animals and humans and to eradicate pests. Plant extracts, particularly essential oils, have recently emerged as valid alternatives to synthetic drugs, due to their properties which include antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and insecticidal activity. This review discusses the current research on the use of electrospinning to encapsulate essential oils into polymeric nanofibres and achieve controlled release of these bioactive compounds, while protecting them from degradation. The works here analysed demonstrate that the electrospinning process is an effective strategy to preserve the properties of essential oils and create bioactive membranes for biomedical, pharmaceutical, and food packaging applications.

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Section: Cinnamon Essential Oilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Electrospinning of Essential Oils

Mele

2020

Polymers

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“…One of the intelligent approaches could be the combination of extracts with polysaccharides as a coating for films [19][20][21][22][23][24] in order to positively change their mechanical, optical or barrier properties and to introduce bioactive properties in a suitable way. The use of antioxidants in synergistic formulation with other biopolymers as nanoparticles, with enlarged contact area compared to conventional antioxidant agents, might allow for a reduction in the amount of active substances, which would act very efficiently while simultaneously reducing and/or avoiding the effect of active substances on the required properties of the base packaging material [25][26][27]. Chitosan, obtained from chitin by partial deacetylation, which makes it soluble in acidic aqueous solutions, has diverse, industrially important properties, such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, and non-toxicity.…”

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Bioactive Characterization of Packaging Foils Coated by Chitosan and Polyphenol Colloidal Formulations

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Možina

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Polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) foils, previously activated by ultraviolet (UV)/ozone, were functionalized using chitosan-extract nanoparticle dispersions. A solution of macromolecular chitosan was applied onto foils as a first layer, followed by the deposition of various extracts encapsulated into chitosan nanoparticles, which were attached as an upper layer. Functionalized foils were analyzed from a bioactive point of view, i.e., regarding antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. Desorption kinetics were also studied. Moreover, barrier properties were examined, as the most important parameter influencing antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. Finally, all these properties were correlated with different surface parameters, determined previously, in order to understand if there is any direct correlation between surface elemental composition, surface charge, contact angle, or morphology and a specific bioactive property. It was shown that great bioactive properties were introduced due to the additive effect of antimicrobial chitosan and antioxidative plant extracts. Moreover, oxygen permeability decreased significantly, and the migration of polyphenols and chitosan from the foil surface was below the OML (overall migration limit), which is very important for food industry applications. Furthermore, surface properties of foils influence to some extent the desired bioactivity.

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“…In addition to intrinsic parameters (physicochemical and structural), extrinsic factors (temperature, pH, and humidity) may also affect chemical, physical, and biological food spoilage. There are many technologies for reducing food spoilage, such as integrity indicators, food spoilage indicators, ripeness indicators, rancidity indicators, microwave doneness indicators, and RFIDs (Han, Ruiz‐Garcia, Qian, & Yang, ; Janjarasskul & Suppakul, ).…”

Section: Smart Packaging (Sp) and Its Impact In Reducing Food Loss Anmentioning

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The role of smart packaging system in food supply chain

Chen

Brahma

Mackay

et al. 2020

Journal of Food Science

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Food supply chain is a rapidly growing integrated sector and covers all the aspects from farm to fork, including manufacturing, packaging, distribution, storing, as well as further processing or cooking for consumption. Along this chain, smart packaging could impact the quality, safety, and sustainability of food. Packaging systems have evolved to be smarter with integration of emerging electronics and wireless communication and cloud data solutions. Although there are many factors causing the loss and waste issues for foods throughout the whole supply chain of food and there have been several articles showing the recent advances and breakthroughs in developing smart packaging systems, this review integrates these conceptual frameworks and technological applications and focuses on how innovative smart packaging solutions are beneficial to the overall quality and safety of food supply by enhancing product traceability and reducing the amount of food loss and waste. We start by introducing the concept of the management for the integrated food supply chain, which is critical in tactical and operational components that can enhance product traceability within the entire chain. Then we highlight the impact of smart packaging in reducing food loss and waste. We summarize the basic information of the common printing techniques for smart packaging system (sensor and indicator). Then, we discuss the potential challenges in the manufacturing and deployment of smart packaging systems, as well as their cost‐related drawbacks and further steps in food supply chain.

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Food Packaging: A Comprehensive Review and Future Trends

Cited by 568 publications

References 141 publications

Electrospinning of Essential Oils

Electrospinning of Essential Oils

Bioactive Characterization of Packaging Foils Coated by Chitosan and Polyphenol Colloidal Formulations

The role of smart packaging system in food supply chain

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