Effect of Storage Conditions on the Physicochemical Characteristics of Bilayer Edible Films Based on Iron Yam–Pea Starch Blend and Corn Zein

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Please check the document with your anti-plagiarism software.

A light check of the grammar and spelling of the document is necessary

Line 23. Please change the word good

Line 60. Hydrophilic? Entiendi refers to one of the disadvantages of the movies, however it breaks the continuity of the idea. Modify the idea to give a continuity

The table is very difficult to read, please improve its quality

Author Response

Reviewer 1Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Please check the document with your anti-plagiarism software.

R: Thanks for this comment. We carefully checked the full text.

A light check of the grammar and spelling of the document is necessary

R: Thanks for this comment. We carefully checked the full text.

Line 23. Please change the word good

R: Thanks for this comment. The word good has been changed to strong.

Line 60. Hydrophilic? Entiendi refers to one of the disadvantages of the movies, however it breaks the continuity of the idea. Modify the idea to give a continuity

R: Thanks for this comment. The sentence “such as brittleness and low water blocking ability and hydrophilic” has been changed to “such as brittleness and low water blocking ability”.

The table is very difficult to read, please improve its quality

R: Thanks for this comment. Table 1 has been modified.

Reviewer 2 Report

I reviewed the manuscript entitled, Effect of Storage Conditions on the Physicochemical Characteristics of Bilayer Edible Films Based on Iron. The manuscript is well written. However, authors must focus on comparing the findings with available literature.

Introduction

Too many references in the introduction. I suggest to remove old references

Provide the reference for the section “Film preparation and storage”

Provide a reference for color measurement

Provide a reference for Transmittance and haze, and water content

Results and discussion

Section 3.1. authors must discuss and compare the findings with literature. No studies are cited. Please provide reasoning for variations in color with literature support

Table 1. this is not readable

Section 3.2. no comparison with literature

Line 342: this is not an appropriate citation

All the section from 3.3.-3.6.: author should compare with available literature and provide reasoning for the obtained results

References are not according to the journal format. Please revise it.

Author Response

Reviewer 2Comments and Suggestions for Authors

I reviewed the manuscript entitled, Effect of Storage Conditions on the Physicochemical Characteristics of Bilayer Edible Films Based on Iron. The manuscript is well written. However, authors must focus on comparing the findings with available literature.

Introduction

Too many references in the introduction. I suggest to remove old references

R: Thanks for this comment. Some older references have been deleted

Provide the reference for the section “Film preparation and storage”

R: Thanks for this comment. The reference has been provided.

Provide a reference for color measurement

R: Thanks for this comment. The reference has been provided.

Provide a reference for Transmittance and haze, and water content

R: Thanks for this comment. The reference has been provided.

Results and discussion

Section 3.1. authors must discuss and compare the findings with literature. No studies are cited. Please provide reasoning for variations in color with literature support

R: Thanks for this comment. The references have been added.

Table 1. this is not readable

R: Thanks for this comment. Table 1 has been modified.

Section 3.2. no comparison with literature

Line 342: this is not an appropriate citation

R: Thank you so much for pointing out this mistake. It has been modified accordingly.

All the section from 3.3.-3.6.: author should compare with available literature and provide reasoning for the obtained results

R: Thanks for this comment. The references have been added.

References are not according to the journal format. Please revise it.

R: Thanks for this comment. The formats of references have been revised in accordance with this journal.

Reviewer 3 Report

Effect of Storage Conditions on the Physicochemical Characteristics of Bilayer Edible Films Based on Iron

This is an interesting paper, regarding iron yam–pea starch blend / corn zein bilayer film having good barrier, mechanical and storage properties. Overall it’s a well written paper. I have following observations on this paper:

Results and Discussion:

In general, the results are only described. More detailed discussion and bibliographic support is needed. Experimental procedure and results obtained lack a comparison with results available and supported on literature.

Some Minor comments

Line 14 – Space “Abstract:Edible”

Line 16 – Mention RH with each temperature

Line 32 - good barrier, mechanical properties and storage properties – edit as “good barrier, mechanical and storage properties”

Line 71- Italic scientific name

Line 91- Italic scientific name

Line 342- Reference should be in numeric form

Missing Issue number in some references

Remove [J] in reference number 49, 50, 51, 52

Table 1: Last column needs to be formatted

Figure 1, 2, 3, 4: Remove “.” From x-axis and y-axis headers

Author Response

Reviewer 3Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This is an interesting paper, regarding iron yam–pea starch blend / corn zein bilayer film having good barrier, mechanical and storage properties. Overall it’s a well written paper. I have following observations on this paper:

Results and Discussion:

In general, the results are only described. More detailed discussion and bibliographic support is needed. Experimental procedure and results obtained lack a comparison with results available and supported on literature.

Some Minor comments

Line 14 – Space “Abstract:Edible”

R: Thanks for this comment. The space has been added.

Line 16 – Mention RH with each temperature

R: Thanks for this comment. It has been modified accordingly.

Line 32 - good barrier, mechanical properties and storage properties – edit as “good barrier, mechanical and storage properties”

R: Thanks for this comment. “good barrier, mechanical properties and storage properties “ has been changed to “good barrier, mechanical and storage properties”.

Line 71- Italic scientific name

R: Thanks for this comment. It has been modified accordingly.

Line 91- Italic scientific name

R: Thanks for this comment. It has been modified accordingly.

Line 342- Reference should be in numeric form

R: Thank you so much for pointing out this mistake. It has been modified accordingly.

Missing Issue number in some references

R: Thanks for this comment. It has been modified accordingly.

Remove [J] in reference number 49, 50, 51, 52

R: Thanks for this comment. It has been modified accordingly.

Table 1: Last column needs to be formatted

R: Thanks for this comment. Table 1 has been modified.

Figure 1, 2, 3, 4: Remove “.” From x-axis and y-axis headers

R: Thanks for this comment. It has been modified accordingly.

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors have responded satisfactorily to all comments and questions.