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ArticlePolymers2026

Obtaining and Characterizing Bioplastic Films from Agro-Industrial Waste for Use in Manchego Cheese Packaging.

Maricela Villafaña-Jaramillo, Claudia Muro Urista, María Claudia Delgado Hernández, Rene Salgado-Delgado, Oscar F Olea-Mejía

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Article in Polymers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Maricela Villafaña-JaramilloTecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca, Avenida Tecnológico S/N Col Bellavista, Metepec 52140, Mexico.
Claudia Muro UristaTecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca, Avenida Tecnológico S/N Col Bellavista, Metepec 52140, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-4394-5851
María Claudia Delgado HernándezTecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca, Avenida Tecnológico S/N Col Bellavista, Metepec 52140, Mexico.
Rene Salgado-DelgadoTecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec, Calzada Tecnológico 27, Centro, Zacatepec 62780, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-0313-6283
Oscar F Olea-MejíaCentro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco Km 14.5, San Cayetano, Toluca 50200, Mexico.

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Tecnológico Nacional de México TECNM-23841.25-P
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research focuses on developing bioplastic films using agrifood industrial waste, which included starch from avocado seed, cellulose from cornstalk, carrot and beet peel, and pulp from a food company in México. The films were produced with a matrix of gelatin and glycerol, and different formulations of starch and cellulose. The films were characterized and tested as wrappers of Manchego cheese. The films containing starch are transparent; films with cellulose showed opacity and paper-like structure. Films containing starch-cornstalk cellulose showed the highest hydrophobic properties. In turn, films with carrot cellulose had the highest plastic properties with high elongation capacity and the lowest Young modules; films with starch and other celluloses showed the opposite data. The highest thermal capacity was observed in films containing cellulose from cornstalks and beet waste. In turn, the highest temperatures of transition, crystallization, and melting were registered in films containing starch. Films with starch and cellulose served well as wrappers of Manchego cheese, conserving 92% of the weight of cheese after 21 days of storage at 4 °C. All films were biodegradable in compost after 10 days, and they were degradable by physicochemical factors after 40 days.

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avocado seedsbeet peelsbioplastic filmscarrot peelscellulosecornstalkfood industrial wastestarch

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PMID41977586
PMCPMC13074897

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