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Active packaging.

Les emballages actifs.

Author(s) : GONTARD N.

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

This book begins with an overview of commercial developments, fundamentals and regulatory constraints, then provides an in-depth discussion of the main properties and technologies applied. Two of the 12 chapters are in English. Extract from the table of contents: overview of active food packaging; oxygen-absorbing packaging; antimicrobial packaging films: activity; design of controlled-permeability packaging films; films with adjustable gas permeability: application in fruit and vegetables; interactions between flavouring agents and packaging: flavour retention in films and edible packaging; polypropylene used as an active packaging material for flavour sorption using a model solution (orange juice); regulation of water transfer using water-sensitive packaging: application to cheeses; new valve applications for fresh foods; packaging as a link between the microwave oven and the food; ethylene absorbers; active packaging in charged films.

Details

  • Original title: Les emballages actifs.
  • Record ID : 2002-1122
  • Languages: French
  • Subject: Regulation
  • Publication: Tec & Doc - Lavoisier - France/France
  • Publication date: 2000/11
  • ISBN: 2743003871
  • Source: Source: 263 p. (15.4 x 24); fig.; phot.; tabl.; ref.; index; EUR 69.21.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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