Jiao Wang,Xinyu Sun,Hui Zhang,Mengna Dong,Lihua Li,Hui Zhangsun,Li Wang
Dual-functional intelligent food packaging film for maintaining and monitoring food freshness has gained a growing number of attentions in food field. Herein, we introduced a smart gelatin-based packaging film integrating real-time monitoring and maintaining food freshness. In detail, through a two-step de-solvation method, gelatin particles were fabricated and further used for preparing oil-in-water (O/W) lavender essential oil Pickering emulsions (LEOPs). LEOPs and Alizarin (ALI) were integrated into the gelatin matrix of the three-dimensional (3D) network via intermolecular hydrogen bonding and dehydration condensation, respectively, to develop intelligent active packaging films (GL-ALI-LEOPs). GL-ALI-LEOPs exhibited excellent antibacterial and antioxidant properties and a sensitive, reversible, and rapid response to pH/NH 3 . Benefiting from good mechanical properties, light barrier properties and hydrophobicity of modified gelatin-based films, GL-ALI-LEOPs are readily processed into food packaging bags and smart tags. GL-ALI-LEOPs were successfully employed as an eco-friendly, low-cost, bacteriostatic and pH/NH 3 quick-responsive smart trademark for real-timely monitoring and maintaining the freshness of shrimp.
Shiqi Li,Ling Liu,Silong Yang,Xingnan Wang,Yahong Yuan,Tianli Yue,Rui Cai,Zhouli Wang
In this study, a double-layer intelligent packaging, which is designed by a layer-by-layer casting strategy, is employed for efficient food preservation and high contrast monitoring. Specifically, novel zein/tannic acid (TA) composite colloidal particles (ZTs) were prepared by manipulating the non-covalent interaction between zein and TA using an easy antisolvent method. The stable oregano essential oil (OEO) Pickering emulsion (ZTOEO) with varying concentrations of ZTs (0.1%–1.0%) was successfully prepared. The optimized ZTOEO, containing 0.8% ZTs, was then integrated into the emulsified hydrophobic layer of the konjac glucomannan (Kgm) matrix. Finally, the carrageenan (Car) matrix containing alizarine (Al) as an indicator was added to construct the bilayer structure. The outer Car/Al layer serves as an acid/base responsive indicator layer, while the inner Kgm/ZTOEO layer functions as a high-barrier bacteriostatic layer. The double-layer Kgm/ZTOEO-Car/Al is integrated through intermolecular hydrogen bonding and dehydration condensation. Kgm/ZTOEO-Car/Al exhibits excellent slow-release antibacterial and antioxidant activity, with a sensitive, repeatable and accurate visual response to pH/NH 3 . The composite film demonstrates good mechanical strength, thermal stability, light blocking, and water vapor and oxygen permeability. The individual inner Kgm/ZTOEO film effectively prolonged the shelf-life and quality of fruits, which the double-layer Kgm/ZTOEO-Car/Al film showed minimal changes in TVB-N (16.65 mg/100 g) even after monitoring and maintaining the shrimp freshness for 48 h. It can be easily processed on a large scale into packaging bags and indicator labels. This packaging is expected to be an eco-friendly, low-cost, bacteriostatic, suitable for applications requiring real-time monitoring and maintenance of fruit/seafood freshness.