An overview of the intelligent packaging technologies in the food sector

Ghaani, Masoud; Cozzolino, Carlo A.; Castelli, Giulia; Farris, Stefano

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2016.02.008

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“…According to forecasts of experts, the emerging generations of active packaging are the future of food packaging [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. It is estimated that the share of the so-called advanced packaging represents approximately 5% of the total value of the packaging market, of which 35% belongs to active systems.…”

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Innovations in the food packaging market: active packaging

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Barska

2017

Eur Food Res Technol

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Innovations in the food packaging market: active packaging

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2017

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“…Such system can be useful for food packaging when food has to be kept in an environment with high temperature and high humidity. Depending on switch temperature, water vapor However, it is also important to know for consumer whether the packed is going below or above critical temperature (spoilage temperature [14].…”

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Responsive Systems in Food Packaging

Purkayastha

Biswal

Saha

2017

J Package Technol Res

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Responsive packaging systems can adapt to surrounding environments or react to stimuli in the food and/or regulate transport of encapsulated actives/nutrition in presence of external stimuli. It also converts chemical and biochemical signals into optical, electrical, mechanical signals etc. To allow real time food safety and quality monitoring along with extension of shelf-life of food products. These packaging systems are currently an emerging area in food packaging research and playing an increasingly important part in a diverse range of applications, such as nutrition delivery in controlled fashion, 'on demand' active delivery, spoilage indicators etc. This paper gives an overview of recent developments and challenges on the applications of stimuli-responsive materials towards food packaging area. We also highlight the future directions to convert research outcome into commercial products.

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“…In particular, the current demand for minimally processed, ready to eat, and easily prepared foods in conjunction with the novel concept of clean labels has rapidly increased. As a result, the emerging concepts of SP are employed as novel analytical tools by providing plentiful innovative solutions for prolonging the shelf‐life, or maintaining, improving, or monitoring the food quality and safety . The SP system is proposed to conduct continuous monitoring of temperature, freshness, and microbiological status, as well as the shelf life of food products from farm to fork considering consumer preferences and satisfaction as well as minimizing food spoilage and wastage.…”

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“…These provide information about the condition of food and its environment to the users. Basically, these are extension of the protection and communication function of conventional packaging and inform the consumers based on their potential to detect, sense, and record any alterations or spoilage inside the food package and alert about the potential problems during transportation and storage . Additionally, SP provides information about tamper evidence, package integrity, anti‐theft, product authenticity, and traceability …”

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An overview of smart packaging technologies for monitoring safety and quality of meat and meat products

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The food packaging sector has experienced much development since its inception. In the past few decades, innovations in packaging sector have led to the development of smart packaging (SP) systems that carve a niche in a highly competitive food industry. SP systems have great potential for improving the shelf‐life, and safety of food products apart from their basic roles of protecting the products against unwanted biological, chemical, and physical damage and keeping them clean. Indicators and sensors, SP components, are used for real‐time monitoring of meat quality and subsequently inform the retailers and consumers about the freshness, microbiological, temperature, and shelf life status of the products. Barcodes and radio‐frequency identification tags are employed in meat packaging for real‐time information about the authenticity, and traceability of the products in the supply chain. Recently, innovations in SP technologies resulted in fast, sensitive, and effective detection, sensing, and record keeping of freshness, microbiological, and shelf life status of meat and meat products. The SP system shows promise for extensive utilization in the meat industry in response to the consumer appreciation for safe, and quality meat products, as well as their waste reduction notions. This paper gives an updated overview of ongoing scientific research, and recent technological advances that offer the perspectives of developing smart meat packaging systems that are capable of monitoring the physical, microbial, and chemical changes of the package contents from producer to the point of sale and even beyond, and remediating potential adverse reactions.

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An overview of the intelligent packaging technologies in the food sector

Cited by 421 publications

References 83 publications

Innovations in the food packaging market: active packaging

Innovations in the food packaging market: active packaging

Responsive Systems in Food Packaging

An overview of smart packaging technologies for monitoring safety and quality of meat and meat products

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