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Essay / Considering the feasibility of edible food packaging
INTRODUCTIONOne third of waste dumped in landfills is packaging such as boxes, bags, bottles and food wrappers. Packaging waste represents approximately 30% of the weight of municipal waste, of which 13% is due to non-biodegradable plastics. The market value for disposable packaging, tableware and cutlery in fast food restaurants, hospitals and other facilities is $20 billion, and recyclable or compostable products are in high demand today. There is a lot of interest in edible food packaging, but the only issue for consumers now is its taste, texture and appearance. Edible food packaging projects are inspired by the problem above. The objective of this project is therefore to create edible organic food packaging that can be easily digested by the enzymes of the human body. We have selected five different types of substances that could be created in these products. These are rice, milk, gelatin, fruit puree and corn. We also want to determine whether modified substances such as milk plastic, fruit puree film, gelatin film, rice paper and corn plastic can be degraded by various enzymes present in the human body. The main idea of edible food packaging is to protect food from oxygen, oils and moisture. Although some traditional plastic and cardboard packaging will still be necessary, we can still reduce the non-biodegradable plastic packaging we currently use. Therefore, this will potentially reduce waste that is harmful to the environment. Edible film is defined as a thin sheet that can be eaten, covered with food, or placed as a barrier between the food and the environment. Over the past 10 years, food researchers have conducted research on edible films and coatings for food...... middle of paper ......onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j .1365-2621.1996.tb14732 .x/abstracthttp://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/corn-plastic.htmhttp://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-milk-plastic /https://www.google.com/#q=peptidases+break+down+proteinshttps://www.google.com/#q=mechanism+of+edible+film+formation+simple+coacervationhttp://etd .lsu.edu/docs /available/etd-04142005-152845/unrestricted/Nadarajah_dis.pdfhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21717463http://ifrj.upm.edu.my/16%20 (1)%202009/ 01%20IFRJ-2008-115%20Thawien%20Thailand%20FINAL.pdfhttp://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/packaging122004.cfmhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/may/ 26/is-plastic-dangerous-food-wrappinghttp://www.slideshare.net/Ronak_Thakkar/edible-packaginghttp://voices.yahoo.com/dangers-using-plastic-wrap-food-8749089.html?cat=5