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Food Packaging Materials

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A single material is used rarely alone in the manufacturing of final packages, in particular when speaking of flexible packaging. Various materials can be used in order to assemble a structure with interesting properties (logistic advantages, ameliorated shelf lives of packaged products, opportunities for recycling and environmental impacts). This reflection should address more attention to the possible development of high-performing packages which can extend shelf lives and better protect foods. The most important technologies used to arrange together different materials in order to achieve more performing packages—multilayer structures, composites, polymer blends and alloys—are shortly described in this chapter with emphasis on chemical aspects.

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Abbreviations

ACC:

All-cellulose composite

α:

Aspect ratio

CNCs:

Cellulose nanocrystals

EMAA:

Ethylene-methacrylic acid

EVA:

Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer

EVOH:

Ethylene vinyl alcohol

GWP:

Global warming potential

HDPE:

High-density polyethylene

HIPS:

High-impact polystyrene

IUPAC:

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

LDPE:

Low-density polyethylene

MEK:

Methyl ethyl ketone

OPA:

Oriented polyamide

OPP:

Oriented polypropylene

PO2 :

Oxygen permeability

PA:

Polyamide

PET:

Polyethylene Terephthalate

PA/MXD 6:

Poly(m-xylyleneadipamide)PA/MXD 6

PP:

Polypropylene

PU:

Polyurethane

PVOH:

Polyvinyl alcohol

PVDC:

Polyvinylidene chloride

PAA:

Primary aromatic amine

A/V:

Surface area/volume

VOC:

Volatile organic compound

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Piergiovanni, L., Limbo, S. (2016). Materials Combinations. In: Food Packaging Materials. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24732-8_6

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