Active biodegradable packaging design
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Active biodegradable packaging design
FRUITS & VEGETABLES / NEW PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES Active biodegradable packaging design TAILORPACK Active biodegradable packaging suitable for keeping TAILORPACK Labelled project Project holder INRA - UMR Ingénierie des Agropolymères et Technologies Emergentes (IATE) Objectives ailored design of multiple-layer T composites on a nanometric scale using fibres, protein layers and nanoparticles which can control matter exchange: gases, water vapour, active compounds. In spite of all the efforts made to promote the health benefits of fruit and vegetables, their short lifetime is a barrier to their consumption. Losses between harvesting and marketing are estimated at 50% worldwide and overall physical in-store losses range from 5to 30% in volume, i.e. a turnover loss of 2,5 to 8% for supermarkets. The objective of this project is to develop innovative tailored packaging from renewable resources which are a green alternative to synthetic films and better adapted for the exchange of gases and vapours required for conservation in an altered atmosphere. At the same time, implementation of active systems for controlled emission of active ingredients will provide complementary functions. This approach will be applied to plant models of economic interest and differing complexity with regard to their physiological and microbiological characteristics: button mushrooms (respiration), apricots (ripening), strawberries (microbiology). The stated objectives of the project are : > S low down respiration in living perishable foods and hence their senescence >D elay ripening or maintain the state of ripeness >M inimise proliferation of microorganisms (health safeguard) FRUITS & VEGETABLES / NEW PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES Active biodegradable packaging design Funding Total cost of project : 1.569.433 € Funding granted : 452.437 € Funding organisations : Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) Programme National de Recherche en Alimentation et Nutrition Humaine (PNRA) Outcome expected The project should lead to: > r eduction of losses between harvest and marketing > r eduction of in-store losses owing to the products studied having a longer life estimated at 2-6 days >u se of the materials developed as small units to sell fruit from automatic dispensers (schools, stations, etc.) >u se of co-products from processing industries (starch mills) for active biodegradable packaging. Schedule Labelled : June 2007 Start of project : January 2008 Duration : 4 years Partners Contact Carole GUILLAUME UMR IATE Tél : +33(0)4 67 14 42 07 [email protected] > INRA Montpellier - UMR IATE > INRA Avignon - UMR SQPOV >C NRS - Institut Charles Sandron - UPR 22 >C entre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Légumes (CTIFL) > I ndustries www.inra.fr/inra_cepia/ressources_ renouvelables/projets/tailorpack Colabelling Tél : + 33 (0)4 67 04 75 56 Fax : + 33 (0)4 67 04 75 99 [email protected] Pôle de compétitivité Qualiméditerranée Agropolis International Avenue Agropolis - 34394 Montpellier cedex 5 www.qualimediterranee.fr