Dohlen, Sophia: Assessment of a novel active packaging material to improve the resource efficiency of food production by increasing the safety and shelf life of perishable products. - Bonn, 2016. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/6639,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-45896,
author = {{Sophia Dohlen}},
title = {Assessment of a novel active packaging material to improve the resource efficiency of food production by increasing the safety and shelf life of perishable products},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2016,
month = dec,

note = {The objective of this thesis was the assessment of novel active packaging materials containing the polymer poly-[2-(tert-butylamino) methylstyrene] (poly(TBAMS)) for the application in perishable food supply chains. Furthermore, the potential of active packaging materials to increase the safety and shelf life of perishable products and thus to improve the resource efficiency of food production was assessed.
The influence of food components, environmental factors, and different processing steps was analysed on the antimicrobial activity of 24 different processed materials containing poly(TBAMS). In total 714 samples containing poly(TBAMS) and 1032 references were investigated. Based on the results, certain kinds of packaging prototypes were produced for storage tests. 883 samples were tested in 15 storage trials with perishable product to assess the effect of poly(TBAMS) on product specific microbial, sensory, quality and chemical parameters. The modelling of the growth of spoilage and pathogenic bacteria, yeasts and moulds and the shelf life determination were conducted by using the modified Gompertz function. Based on all results, a standardized evaluation scheme for the assessment of active packaging materials` ability to increase the safety and shelf life of perishable foods were developed. Further an approach to analyse the cost and benefits by implementation of active packagings were developed. Calculations were exemplified for poly(TBAMS) packagings.
Different materials containing poly(TBAMS) showed a high antimicrobial activity against spoilage and pathogenic organisms relevant for perishable products. The food components (especially proteins), temperature, gas atmosphere and the processing of the polymer itself influenced the activity. The activity depended on the availability of functional groups of poly(TBAMS) on the polymeric surface, which increased by increasing the concentration or enlarging the surface. A multilayer foil containing 15 % of poly(TBAMS) in the inner layer increased the microbial safety and shelf life of products with low protein contents, such as R-T-E vegetables, and of processed meat products. Thus, the novel packaging solutions have high potential to reduce food waste by increasing the safety and shelf life of perishable foods.
The developed evaluation scheme allows the identification of the application area where an active material delivers the highest benefit during the development phase. The cost–benefit analysis represents a new approach for the calculation of the economic and resource-efficient impact by implementation of different active packaging materials. Both can lead to a reduction of time and costs during developing of antimicrobial packaging materials.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/6639}
}

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