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Abstract

Edible coatings, including green polymers are used frequently in the food industry to improve and preserve the quality of foods. Green polymers are defined as biodegradable polymers from biomass resources or synthetic routes and microbial origin that are formed by mono- or multilayer structures. They are used to improve the technological properties without compromising the food quality, even with the purpose of inhibiting lipid oxidation or reducing metmyoglobin formation in fresh meat, thereby contributing to the final sensory attributes of the food and meat products. Green polymers can also serve as nutrient-delivery carriers in meat and meat products. This review focuses on various types of bio-based biodegradable polymers and their preparation techniques and applications in meat preservation as a part of active and smart packaging. It also outlines the impact of biodegradable polymer films or coatings reinforced with fillers, either natural or synthesized, via the green route in enhancing the physicochemical, mechanical, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties for extending shelf-life. The interaction of the package with meat contact surfaces and the advanced polymer composite sensors for meat toxicity detection are further considered and discussed. In addition, this review addresses the research gaps and challenges of the current packaging systems, including coatings where green polymers are used. Coatings from renewable resources are seen as an emerging technology that is worthy of further investigation toward sustainable packaging of food and meat products.

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Title
Green Coating Polymers in Meat Preservation
Author
Gagaoua, Mohammed 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bhattacharya, Tanima 2 ; Lamri, Melisa 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Oz, Fatih 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Dib, Amira Leila 5 ; Oz, Emel 4 ; Uysal-Unalan, Ilke 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tomasevic, Igor 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Food Quality and Sensory Science Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, D15 KN3K Dublin, Ireland 
 Innovation, Incubation & Industry (I-Cube) Laboratory, Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Udaipur 313003, India; [email protected] 
 Department of Food Technology, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou 15000, Algeria; [email protected] 
 Food Engineering Department, Agriculture Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum 25240, Turkey; [email protected] (F.O.); [email protected] (E.O.); Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Agro Food Park 48, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark; [email protected] 
 GSPA Research Laboratory, Institut des Sciences Vétérinaires, Université Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, 05 Route de Batna, El-Khroub, Constantine 25000, Algeria; [email protected] 
 Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Agro Food Park 48, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark; [email protected]; CiFOOD—Center for Innovative Food Research, Aarhus University, Agro Food Park 48, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark 
 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia; [email protected] 
First page
1379
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20796412
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2602027878
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.