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Xiaomeng Wu^1,2, Yanghe Luo¹, Qi Liu²

¹Institute of Food Research, Hezhou University, Hezhou, China.

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

|April 7, 2019

Abstract

Background:

To improve the structure-stability and packing characters of collagen fiber, we manufactured crosslinked collagen fiber (CColF)-based edible films using transglutaminase (TGase). Then we made a comparison on structure-stability and packing characteristics among the CColF-based films loaded with casein (CN), keratin (KRT) and soy protein isolate (SPI), respectively.

Results:

Observed from scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the CColF loaded with CN, KRT and SPI showed some unique morphology of the additional proteins. The CColF-protein films performed better packing characteristics including barrier properties, mechanical properties and thermal-stability properties, compared with CColF films. Importantly, with 500 g kg^-1 CN (of CColF) addition, CColF-based films possessed a greater thermal stability than the other films judged from differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Meanwhile, the CColF loaded with 100 g kg^-1 CN provided a higher value of tensile strength (TS) and the CColF loaded with 100 g kg^-1 KRT showed a higher value in elongation-at-break (EAB) than the other films.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, the collagen fiber-based edible films with better structure-stability and packing characteristics for food packaging was obtained which could be an advantage to promote the development of the application of collagen in packing products. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.

Keywords:

crosslinked collagen fiber edible film packing characteristics transglutaminase

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