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Natural melanin nanoparticle-based photothermal film for edible antibacterial food packaging

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FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 401, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.134117

Keywords

Melanin nanoparticles; Pectin; Photothermal effect; GRAS; Antibacterial ability; Edible packaging film

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An edible antibacterial food packaging film was constructed for the first time using the natural nanostructure extracted from cuttlefish ink. By incorporating with natural pectin film and with near infrared irradiation triggering, the PC/NMPs films exhibited high-efficiency and short-term bactericidal activity against foodborne pathogenic bacteria. Additionally, this nanocomposite film showed better mechanical properties, thermal stability, and barrier properties than neat pectin film.
Although nanocomposite films had shown excellent potential in antibacterial food packaging, their potential harmful impact limits their further application in reality. Therefore, exploring a Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) nanomaterial that has antibacterial ability is the pioneer for the fabrication of a real edible nanocomposite-based antibacterial packaging film. Herein, for the first time by using the natural nanostructure extracted from cuttlefish ink, an edible antibacterial food packaging with high safety were constructed. The natural melanin nanoparticles (NMPs) in cuttlefish ink have good photothermal conversion ability. As such, by incorporating with natural pectin (PC) film and with near infrared (NIR) irradiation triggering, the results show that PC/NMPs films perform high-efficiency and short-term bactericidal activity against foodborne pathogenic bacteria, including thermotolerant Listeria monocytogenes. The sterilization rate could reach more than 90 % within only 5 min. Also, this nanocomposite film showed better mechanical properties, thermal stability and barrier properties than the neat pectin film. Antibacterial test on food sample also proved the good antibacterial ability of the PC/NMPs films. Therefore, exploring GRAS natural functional nanocomposite film is expected to be the effective way to promote edible nano-antibacterial packaging.

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