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ReviewGels (Basel, Switzerland)2025

From Lab to Shelf: Gelatin-Based pH Sensors Revolutionizing Food Packaging.

Ruirui Wang

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Review in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ruirui WangCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qinghai Normal University, 38 Wusi West Road Xining, Xining 810008, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7736-0117

Funding

The Nurture Foundation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent Project of Qinghai Thousand Talents Program 2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of multifunctional smart food packaging has garnered considerable attention in research. Gelatin exhibits outstanding characteristics, featuring remarkable gel strength, molecular binding affinity, excellent colloidal dispersibility, low solution viscosity, sustained dispersion stability, and significant water retention properties. Gelatin-based film is ideally suited for the developing simple, portable, and rapid pH sensors, owing to its satisfactory biocompatibility, biodegradability, biosafety, affordability, and facilitation of easy handling and usage. This paper aims to explore the challenges and opportunities relating to gelatin-based pH sensors. It begins by outlining the sources, classifications, and functional properties of gelatin, followed by an analysis of the current research landscape and future trends related to intelligent indicators and active carriers. Subsequently, potential research directions for gelatin-based pH sensors are proposed. Using a literature analysis, it can be concluded that novel gelatin-based smart packaging represents the future of food packaging. It is hoped that the paper can provide some basic information for the development and application of gelatin-based smart packaging.

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food monitoringgelatinpH sensorssmart packaging

Identifiers

PMID40422347
PMCPMC12110975

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