New Trends in Beverage Packaging Systems: A Review

Abstract

New trends in beverage packaging are focusing on the structure modification of packaging materials and the development of new active and/or intelligent systems, which can interact with the product or its environment, improving the conservation of beverages, such as wine, juice or beer, customer acceptability, and food security. In this paper, the main nutritional and organoleptic degradation processes of beverages, such as oxidative degradation or changes in the aromatic profiles, which influence their color and volatile composition are summarized. Finally, the description of the current situation of beverage packaging materials and new possible, emerging strategies to overcome some of the pending issues are discussed.

Innovations in the food packaging market: active packaging

“…It is in practice that bifunctional sachets are used for this purpose (labels and mats), which contain a CO 2 emitter and an oxygen scavenger, which absorb oxygen and produce the same volume of carbon dioxide. Iron carbonate Source: study based on: [10,11,14,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] [8].…”

Multilayer packaging: Advances in preparation techniques and emerging food applications

“…Apart from the number of layers, based on the degree of flexibility, multilayer packages can be categorized as flexible packages (such as films) and semirigid packages (such as beverage cartons and multilayer bottles) (Ramos et al., 2015). Considering only multilayer packages with polymer content above 50% and those that do not contain paper, the GVM (Association of Packaging Market Research) classifies multilayer packaging materials into five major categories: (a) flexible polymer composites without barrier layer, (b) flexible polymer composites with barrier layer, (c) flexible polymer composites with metal oxide coatings (AlO x or SiO x ), (d) thermoformed plastic composites, and (e) plastic composites with Al foil.…”

“…In this context, high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) is used as an outer layer for low‐moisture dry foods such as crackers and cereals because of its high‐moisture barrier properties. Likewise, PAs are used for brick packages of cheese owing to their exceptional mechanical resistance (Morris, 2016; Ramos et al., 2015).…”

Food‐packaging interactions investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

“…In food industry, some of the most important features of a metal packaging are preservation and protection of food content, resistance to environmental factors and handling procedures until the end of their shelf life (Page, Edwards, & May, ; Ramos et al, ). Metallic packages are an impermeable barrier for light and oxygen, preventing the degradation of the food product.…”

“…Paper, ceramic pots, wood, glass, metallic, and plastic materials are used as packaging materials. In most cases it is recommended to use a combination of two or more materials to attain the suitable packaging for certain food products (Kim et al, 2014;Marsh & Bugusu, 2007;Ramos, Vald es, Mellinas, & Garrig os, 2015).…”