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Preserving Ready-to-Eat Meals Using Microwave Technologies for Future Space Programs
20/03/2023 -
The crewed suborbital and space flights launched by private companies over the past three years have rejuvenated public interest in space travel, including space tourism. Ready-to-eat meals (MREs)...
The Application of Phenolic Acids in The Obtainment of Packaging Materials Based on Polymers—A Review
22/03/2023 -
This article provides a summarization of present knowledge on the fabrication and characterization of polymeric food packaging materials that can be an alternative to synthetic ones. The review aimed...
Biopolymers Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria: Characterization and Food Application
20/03/2023 -
Plants, animals, bacteria, and food waste are subjects of intensive research, as they are biological sources for the production of biopolymers. The topic links to global challenges related to the...
Assessment and Optimization of Thermal Stability and Water Absorption of Loading Snail Shell Nanoparticles and Sugarcane Bagasse Cellulose Fibers on Polylactic Acid Bioplastic Films
21/03/2023 -
The optimization and modeling of the parameters, the concentration of polylactic acid (PLA), sugarcane bagasse cellulose fibers (SBCF), and snail shell nanoparticles (SSNP), were investigated for the...
Understanding the packaging colour on consumer perception of plant?based hamburgers: A preliminary study
17/03/2023 -
Packaging colour for plant?based hamburgers (PBH) was investigated.Positive attributes related to PBH were provoked using colours on the food packaging.Packages with green, yellow and white colours...
WS2 nanosheets rooted in polyethylene terephthalate membrane for gas barrier properties improvement
06/03/2023 -
Abstract PET (polyethylene terephthalate) being widely used in the manufacturing of bottles, especially in the beverages industry, has obvious advantages over glass bottles and...
Potato Chips Byproducts as Feedstocks for Developing Active Starch-Based Films with Potential for Cheese Packaging
09/03/2023 -
The potato chip industry generates brownish frying residues, which are usually landfilled. While spent frying oil has value as biodiesel, the defatted brownish water-soluble extract (BrE) does not...
Electrospun Multilayered Films Based on Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), Copolyamide 1010/1014, and Electrosprayed Nanostructured Silica
08/03/2023 -
In this research, bio-based electrospun multilayered films for food packaging applications with good barrier properties and close to superhydrophobic behavior were developed. For this purpose, two...
Phase Behavior of NR/PMMA Semi-IPNs and Development of Porous Structures
08/03/2023 -
In this research, the porous polymer structures (IPN) were made from natural isoprene rubber (NR) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The effects of molecular weight and crosslink density of...
Preparation and Characterization of Microalgae Styrene-Butadiene Composites Using Chlorella vulgaris and Arthrospira platensis Biomass
08/03/2023 -
The food industry is a high consumer of polymer packing materials, sealing materials, and engineering components used in production equipment. Biobased polymer composites used in the food industry...
Current state and research directions for disposable versus reusable packaging: A systematic literature review of comparative studies
06/03/2023 -
This paper reviews 91 scientific papers that compares disposable and reusable packaging for food, beverages and e?commerce. The paper describes and analyses the origin, characteristics and what is...
Using TRIS-Buffered Plasma-Activated Water to Reduce Pathogenic Microorganisms on Poultry Carcasses with Evaluation of Physicochemical and Sensory Parameters
06/03/2023 -
Foodborne diseases are mainly caused by the contamination of meat or meat products with pathogenic microorganisms. In this study, we first investigated the in vitro application of TRIS-buffered...
Recent Advances in Chitosan-Based Applications—A Review
03/03/2023 -
Chitosan derived from chitin gas gathered much interest as a biopolymer due to its known and possible broad applications. Chitin is a nitrogen-enriched polymer abundantly present in the exoskeletons...
Black Tea Extracts/Polyvinyl Alcohol Active Nanofibers Electrospun Mats with Sustained Release of Polyphenols for Food Packaging Applications
06/03/2023 -
The efficiency in the capabilities to store and release antioxidants depends on the film morphology and its manufacturing process, as well as on the type and methodology used to obtain the polyphenol...
Preparation of biomass water?soluble carbon quantum dots and their application in Cr (VI) ions detection
02/03/2023 -
Taking the low?cost, rapid and quantitative detection of chromium ion in food and packaging as the starting point, biomass blue fluorescent nitrogen?doped CQDs sensors were prepared by a facile...
Development and Validation of an HPLC-UV Method for the Determination Bis(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate Ester in Alcoholic Beverages
02/03/2023 -
An HPLC method with UV detector was developed for the determination of DEHP phthalate ester in the alcoholic beverage “Ouzo”. Phthalate esters are added to plastic...
Sustainable and Bio-Based Food Packaging: A Review on Past and Current Design Innovations
02/03/2023 -
Food loss and waste occur for many reasons, from crop processing to household leftovers. Even though some waste generation is unavoidable, a considerable amount is due to supply chain inefficiencies...
Physicochemical Characterization and Antioxidant Properties of Chitosan and Sodium Alginate Based Films Incorporated with Ficus Extract
28/02/2023 -
Aqueous extract of fruit obtained from Ficus racemosa enriched with phenolic components was used for the first time to fabricate chitosan (CS) and sodium alginate (SA)-based edible films. The edible...
Preparation and Characterization of New Bioplastics Based on Polybutylene Succinate (PBS)
28/02/2023 -
Sea and environmental pollution due to microplastics are global problems that in recent years have attracted particular interest in the scientific community. The increase in the world population and...
Centrifugal Force-Spinning to Obtain Multifunctional Fibers of PLA Reinforced with Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles
28/02/2023 -
The design and development of multifunctional fibers awakened great interest in biomaterials and food packaging materials. One way to achieve these materials is by incorporating functionalized...
Scoring methodology for comparing the environmental performance of food packaging
27/02/2023 -
An environmental scoring tool for food packaging is proposed. The methodology is based on qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the key pillars of packaging life cycle: materials, functionality,...
