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Natalia Revutskaya1, Ekaterina Polishchuk2, Ivan Kozyrev1
1Department of Scientific, Applied and Technological Developments, V. M. Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Talalikhina st., 26, 109316 Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The global trend towards conscious consumption plays an important role in consumer preferences regarding both the composition and quality of food and packaging materials, including sustainable ones. The development of biodegradable active packaging materials could reduce both the negative impact on the environment due to a decrease in the use of oil-based plastics and the amount of synthetic preservatives. This review discusses relevant functional additives for improving the bioactivity of biopolymer-based films. Addition of plant, microbial, animal and organic nanoparticles into bio-based films is discussed. Changes in mechanical, transparency, water and oxygen barrier properties are reviewed. Since microbial and oxidative deterioration are the main causes of food spoilage, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of natural additives are discussed, including perspective ones for the development of biodegradable active packaging.
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