The webpage “Spray-On, Rinse-Off Food ‘Wrapper’ Can Cut Plastic Packaging” by Jones (2022) introduces alternative food packaging that is environmentally friendly. Food packaging is essential in terms of quality and safety. Not only does it preserve the food, but it also showcases the branding and nutritional details. However, the downside towards food packaging is the production of plastic pollution, which contaminates soil and our drinking water.
There is an immense increasing demand for food packaging to be environmental-friendly as the unintended repercussion of plastics become more visible locally and globally (Daly, 2019). With the impact of consumer perception, new forms of food packaging and technologies such as active and innovative packaging have been used. Researchers claimed that they have produced a “nontoxic, biodegradable and antimicrobial food coating” which helps decrease the amount of food waste and foodborne illness without plastics and is the most effective solution to date (Jones, 2022). Not only is this food coating harmless, but it can also be washed off, degrade in soil and reduce the amount of bacterial and fungal population, which enables the food to stay fresh.
Other examples of active and innovative packaging are using biodegradable polymer, incorporating edible films and 3D-printed straws made of sugar and agar. The most recent progress in food packaging is the development of active and intelligent packaging, biodegradable polymers, edible films and coatings (Yan, Hsieh & Ricacho, 2022).
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