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ArticlePolymers2022

Multi-Shaded Edible Films Based on Gelatin and Starch for the Packaging Applications.

Iftikhar Ahmed Channa, Jaweria Ashfaq, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Ali Dad Chandio, Muhammad Ali Shar, Abdulaziz Alhazaa

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Iftikhar Ahmed ChannaThin Film Lab as Part of Materials and Surface Engineering Group, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-5585-8886
Jaweria AshfaqThin Film Lab as Part of Materials and Surface Engineering Group, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali SiddiquiThin Film Lab as Part of Materials and Surface Engineering Group, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
Ali Dad ChandioThin Film Lab as Part of Materials and Surface Engineering Group, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-4115-2070
Muhammad Ali SharDepartment of Mechanical & Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9407-0979
Abdulaziz AlhazaaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6213-6662

Funding

The authors would like to acknowledge the Researcher's Supporting Project Number(RSP-2021/269) King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for their support in this work. RSP-2021/269
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Abstract

Starch and gelatin are natural biopolymers that offer a variety of benefits and are available at relatively low costs. In addition to this, they are an appealing substitute for synthetic polymers for the manufacturing of packaging films. Such packaging films are not only biodegradable but are also edible. Moreover, they are environmentally friendly and remain extremely cost-effective. In lieu of this, films made from fish gelatin and cornstarch have been the subject of several experiments. The pristine gelatin films have poor performance against water diffusion but exhibit excellent flexibility. The goal of this study was to assess the performance of pristine gelatin films along with the addition of food plasticizers. For this purpose, solutions of gelatin/cornstarch were prepared and specified quantities of food colors/plasticizers were added to develop different shades. The films were produced by using a blade coating method and were characterized by means of their shaded colors, water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), compositional changes via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), hardness, bendability, transparency, wettability, surface roughness, and thermal stability. It was observed that the addition of several food colors enhanced the moisture blocking effect, as a 10% reduction in WVTR was observed in the shaded films as compared to pristine films. The yellow-shaded films exhibited the lowest WVTR, i.e., around 73 g/m

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biodegradable filmedible filmhardnesssurface morphologyWVTR

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PMCPMC9693176

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