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Title: | Characterizing Mechanical, Heat Seal, and Gas Barrier Performance of Biodegradable Films to Determine Food Packaging Applications | Authors: | BAMPS, Bram Guimaraes, Rafael Duijsters, Gwen Hermans, Dries Vanminsel, Jan Vervoort, Evelynn BUNTINX, Mieke PEETERS, Roos |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | Polymers, 14 (13) (Art N° 2569) | Abstract: | In an organic circular economy, biodegradable materials can be used as food packaging, and at end-of-life their carbon atoms can be recovered for soil enrichment after composting, so that new food or materials can be produced. Packaging functionality, such as mechanical, gas barrier, and heatseal performance, of emerging biodegradable packaging, with a laminated, coated, monomaterial, and/or blended structure, is not yet well known in the food industry. This lack of knowledge, in addition to end-of-life concerns, high cost, and production limits is one of the main bottlenecks for broad implementation in the food industry. This study determines application areas of 10 films with a pragmatic approach based on an experimental broad characterization of packaging functionality. As a conclusion, the potential application of these materials is discussed with respect to industrial settings and food and consumer requirements, to support the implementation of commercially available, biodegradable, and, more specifically, compostable, materials for the identified food applications. | Keywords: | biodegradable food packaging;heat sealing;mechanical characterization;seal through contamination;coated paper | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/37791 | e-ISSN: | 2073-4360 | DOI: | 10.3390/polym14132569 | ISI #: | 000824217500001 | Rights: | Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2023 |
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