Developing an Active Biodegradable Bio-Based Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaging Containing a Carvacrol-Emitting Sachet for Cherry Tomatoes.

Anastasia E Kapetanakou, Antonis Mistriotis, Dimitra C Bozinaki, Philippos Tserotas, Ioanna-Georgia Athanasoulia, Demetrios Briassoulis, Panagiotis N Skandamis

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Anastasia E KapetanakouLaboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Votanikos, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4026-6853

Antonis MistriotisLaboratory of Farm Structures, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Votanikos, Greece.

Dimitra C BozinakiLaboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Votanikos, Greece.

Philippos TserotasLaboratory of Farm Structures, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Votanikos, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0760-294X

Ioanna-Georgia AthanasouliaLaboratory of Farm Structures, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Votanikos, Greece.

Demetrios BriassoulisLaboratory of Farm Structures, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Votanikos, Greece.

Panagiotis N SkandamisLaboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Votanikos, Greece.

Funding

This research has been co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Greek national funds through Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under call RESEARCH - CREATE - INNOVATE T1EDK-02735

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Abstract

This study aimed to develop an active biodegradable bio-based (polylactic acid/PLA) equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging (EMAP) containing a carvacrol-emitting sachet (created by poly-hydroxybutyrate) (PLA-PHB-CARV) to extend the shelf-life of cherry tomatoes at 15 °C and 25 °C. Cherry tomatoes in macro-perforated polypropylene (PP) films (mimicking the commercial packaging) or in PLA-based micro-perforated film without the carvacrol sachet (PLA) were also tested. Weight loss, decay, headspace gases, pH, titratable acidity (TA), total suspended solids (TSS), ripening index, color, texture, total viable counts (TVC), and sensory analysis were performed. Decay was 40% in PLA-PHB-CARV, and 97% in PP after 20 days at 25 °C. PLA-PHB-CARV showed lower weight loss (

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active sachetbio-based biodegradable packagingcarvacrolcherry tomatoesmicro-perforationshelf-life

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PMID39517155

DOI10.3390/foods13213371

PMCPMC11544796

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