Food contact coatings
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Fruit waste-based coating improves paper packaging barriers
Researchers have developed an active bio-based coating from jackfruit seed starch, beeswax and pomelo peel extract that significantly enhances the barrier, mechanical and antioxidant properties of wrapping...
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European Commission adopts ban on BPA in all food contact materials
Following an 18-month phase-out period, BPA will no longer be allowed in any products that come into contact with food or drink.
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Bio-based antibacterial food packaging films and coatings containing cinnamaldehyde
A review systematically summarised the bio-based food packaging films/coatings containing CIN developed recently.
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Eco-friendly food packaging based on paper coated with a bio-based antibacterial coating
Traditional paper-based packaging commonly needs to be coated to achieve sufficient mechanical and barrier performances. In this research, a bio-based coating for paper was developed from carbamate starch...
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Mitigating quality degradation of deep-fat fried foods
A recent work focuses on enhancing the oxidative stability, physicochemical and sensory quality of deep-fat fried chicken nuggets using thyme essential oil-loaded oleogel coatings.
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Edible coating with Burdock root extract
Researchers have developed eco-friendly cellulose acetate films incorporated with Burdock (Arctium lappa L.) root extract.
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Enhanced storability of bananas
A recently conducted study introduces a pectin/agarose-based coating functionalised with Piper betel L. extract for enhancing storability of postharvest bananas.
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Extending the shelf-life of salmon
A new paper discusses the design of active double-layer gel coatings based on furcellaran-gelatin and aqueous butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) flower extract for prolonging the shelf-life of salmon (Salmo...
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Edible films with guava leaf extract
A recently published study describes the fabrication of antimicrobial edible films from chitosan incorporated with guava leaf extract.
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Improved quality: Coating of baker’s yeast
Researchers have studied the effect of different materials on the coating of baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) with the fluidised bed method.
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Improving the shelf life of tofu
Researchers have studied an extended shelf life of tofu using chitosan/gelatin-based films incorporated with Pulicaria jaubertii extract microcapsules.
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Crustacean chitin-based coloured pigments
A Fraunhofer IPA research team, in collaboration with the University of Paderborn and industrial partner Siegwerk Druckfarben, has succeeded in producing biogenic pigments from chitin and bio-based dyes....
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Edible coatings for fruit preservation
Edible coatings enriched with plant-based extracts preserve postharvest quality of fruits: A new review.
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Alginate based edible coating
A new workds proposes an enhanced shelf-life of peach fruit in alginate based edible coating loaded with titanium dioxide nanoparticles.