Obtaining and Characterisation of Starch-Based Edible Films Incorporating Honey, Propolis and Bee Bread

Abstract

This research investigates the physical-chemical, sensorial and mechanical characteristics of starch-based edible films incorporating three types of bee hive products: honey, propolis and bee bread, in concentrations varying from 1% to 3%, reported to starch. The results indicates an increasing of films moisture, water activity, ash content and acidity, in the order: honey<propolis<bee bread, all values increasing with the increasing of hive products percentage into the control film; aw is remaining at very low values, under 0.4. Sensorial analysis indicated honey as the better suited for improving taste and flavour and bee bread for increasing colour intensity of the films; the sensorial characteristics are maintained during 30 days of films storage, in all cases. Compared with the control starch-based film (which is elastic, brittle and hard), the films containing 2% bee hive products are elasto-plastic and more resistant to penetration, the resistance increasing in the order: bee bread<propolis<honey.

Active packaging films and edible coatings based on polyphenol‐rich propolis extract: A review

“…The application of nanotechnology (e.g., nanoparticles and nanoemulsions) in the encapsulation of propolis extract is a new trend to develop active packaging films with improved stability and controlled release of active compounds (Moreno et al, 2020;Villalobos et al, 2017). Recently, raw propolis powder has been added into biopolymeric solutions without extraction (Hajinezhad, Razavizadeh, & Niazmand, 2020;Mironescu et al, 2019;Ulloa et al, 2019). Although this approach is simple and cost-saving, the developed films exhibit heterogenous appearance and unsatisfied F I G U R E 2 Scheme illustrates the development of active packaging films based on propolis by extrusion technology physical properties.…”

“…Due to the presence of abundant polyphenolic compounds, propolis extract (especially propolis ethanolic extract) has been widely used to develop active packaging films. As summarized in Table 2, different biopolymers, including gelatin (Bodini, Sobral, Favaro-Trindade, & Carvalho, 2013;Moreno et al, 2020), κ-carrageenan (Chang-Bravo, López-Córdoba, & Martino, 2014, starch (Costa, Druzian, Machado, de Souza, & Guimarães, 2014;de Araújo et al, 2015;Mironescu, Fratila, Hupert, & Mironescu, 2019;Mustafa et al, 2020;Suriyatem, Auras, Rachtanapun, & Rachtanapun, 2018;Villalobos et al, 2017), chitosan (Correa-Pacheco, Bautista-Baños, de Lorena Ramos-García, del Carmen Martínez-González, & Hernández-Romano, 2019;Shahbazi & Shavisi, 2018;Siripatrawan & Vitchayakitti, 2016), pullulan (Pobiega, Przybył, Żubernik, & Gniewosz, 2020), and alginate and agar (Juliano, Pala, & Cossu, 2007), are commonly selected as film matrix to carry active propolis extract. These nontoxic, renewable, and biodegradable biopolymers are isolated from natural resources and are considered as the alternatives to petroleum-based plastics (Mohamed, El-Sakhawy, & El-Sakhawy, 2020 F I G U R E 1 Scheme illustrates the development of active packaging films based on propolis extract by solvent casting method packaging films frequently possess good optical, barrier, and mechanical properties at low relative humidity (RH) conditions.…”

Green Design of Novel Starch-Based Packaging Materials Sustaining Human and Environmental Health

“…The casting process uses solvents for the dispersion of film-forming materials, followed by drying to remove the solvent and form a film structure. The film-forming dispersions should be applied to flat surfaces using a sprayer, spreader, or dipping roller, and dried to eliminate the solvent, forming a film structure [127,130]. Casting has been extensively used in laboratory studies because it does not require specific equipment and consumes lesser amounts of raw materials; many researches refer to films obtained by casting [131][132][133][134][135][136].…”

Gıdaların Raf Ömürleri İçin Yeni Bir Yaklaşım: Arı Ürünleri İle Yenilebilir Kaplamalar

“…özellikleri nedeniyle taşıyıcı sistemler olarak kullanılabilir. Bal, polen, propolis, arı ekmeği kullanılarak oluşturulmuş yenilebilir kaplamalar üzerine çalışmalar bulunmaktadır [46]. Literatür incelendiğinde bu konuda en çok çalışılan arı ürününün propolis olduğu anlaşılmaktadır.…”