Green tea extract shines as antioxidant in active packaging

[haikuman]

By Rory Harrington, 22-Jun-2011

Related topics: Packaging, Packaging Materials

Green tea extract (GTE) can be successfully added to ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) films to produce antioxidant active packaging, new research has found.
Spanish scientists said the green-tea containing packaging films could be used for “all types of food, from aqueous to fatty products” to reduce oxidation of sensitive products. The study was published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.

The team from the University of Zaragoza suggested the development of such active packaging systems could be used as a “novel alternative” to current methods such as the addition of antioxidants to foodstuffs or the use of modified atmosphere packaging systems.

They noted that while various antioxidant agents, such as oregano, and carvacrol, had already been added to polymeric films, each had drawbacks in terms of affecting the sensory properties of foods.

Substances such as flavanoids, catechin and quercetin are also “well-known” antioxidants agents. But while they have also been incorporated into polymers, they have not been approved as food additives and would therefore need this before being used in commercial packaging systems.


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[OWC Jamie]

I'm glad they finally found a use for it.

It certainly doesn't belong in drinking water.

:-)

[NewtonMP2100]

.....always knew T was good for you.....but what about A......????

.....I hear they are good together.......

[haikuman]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
.....always knew T was good for you.....but what about A......????

.....I hear they are good together.......

So bourgeois and archaic ~!~!~!~:devil: Today it is all about T and Weiners ~!~ :devil: