State of the Art of Antimicrobial Edible Coatings for Food Packaging Applications
Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition & Food Sciences Department, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante), Spain
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Coatings 2017, 7(4), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7040056
Received: 6 January 2017 / Revised: 9 March 2017 / Accepted: 10 April 2017 / Published: 19 April 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Five Years of Coatings: Coatings Science and Technology for the 21st Century)
The interest for the development of new active packaging materials has rapidly increased in the last few years. Antimicrobial active packaging is a potential alternative to protect perishable products during their preparation, storage and distribution to increase their shelf-life by reducing bacterial and fungal growth. This review underlines the most recent trends in the use of new edible coatings enriched with antimicrobial agents to reduce the growth of different microorganisms, such as Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, molds and yeasts. The application of edible biopolymers directly extracted from biomass (proteins, lipids and polysaccharides) or their combinations, by themselves or enriched with natural extracts, essential oils, bacteriocins, metals or enzyme systems, such as lactoperoxidase, have shown interesting properties to reduce the contamination and decomposition of perishable food products, mainly fish, meat, fruits and vegetables. These formulations can be also applied to food products to control gas exchange, moisture permeation and oxidation processes.
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Keywords:
antimicrobial; edible coatings; food packaging
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Valdés, A.; Ramos, M.; Beltrán, A.; Jiménez, A.; Garrigós, M.C. State of the Art of Antimicrobial Edible Coatings for Food Packaging Applications. Coatings 2017, 7, 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7040056
AMA Style
Valdés A, Ramos M, Beltrán A, Jiménez A, Garrigós MC. State of the Art of Antimicrobial Edible Coatings for Food Packaging Applications. Coatings. 2017; 7(4):56. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7040056
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdés, Arantzazu; Ramos, Marina; Beltrán, Ana; Jiménez, Alfonso; Garrigós, María C. 2017. "State of the Art of Antimicrobial Edible Coatings for Food Packaging Applications" Coatings 7, no. 4: 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings7040056
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