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Phytochemicals and bioactive constituents in food packaging- A systematic review

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HELIYON
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages -

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21196

Keywords

Consumer demand; Food packaging; Antimicrobial packaging; Consumer behaviour; Environmental concerns; Antioxidant compounds; Sensory

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Designing and manufacturing functional bioactive ingredients and pharmaceuticals have become an international trend. Consumer demand for safe ingredients and concerns over harmful synthetic additives have led food manufacturers to seek safer and sustainable alternatives. Consumers increasingly prefer natural bioactive agents over synthetic compounds, leading to the importance of naturally derived phytochemicals and bioactive compounds with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties in food packaging.
Designing and manufacturing functional bioactive ingredients and pharmaceuticals have grown worldwide. Consumers demand for safe ingredients and concerns over harmful synthetic additives have prompted food manufacturers to seek safer and sustainable alternative solutions. In recent years the preference by consumers to natural bioactive agents over synthetic compounds increased exponentially, and consequently, naturally derived phytochemicals and bioactive compounds, with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, becoming essential in food packaging field. In response to societal needs, packaging needs to be developed based on sustainable manufacturing practices, marketing strategies, consumer behaviour, environmental concerns, and the emergence of new technologies, particularly bio-and nanotechnology. This critical systematic review assessed the role of antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds from natural resources in food packaging and consumer behaviour patterns in relation to phytochemical and biologically active substances used in the development of food packaging. The use of phytochemicals and bioactive compounds inside packaging materials used in food industry could generate unpleasant odours derived from the diffusion of the most volatile compounds from the packaging material to the food and food environment. These consumer concerns must be addressed to understand minimum concentrations that will not affect consumer sensory and aroma negative perceptions. The research articles were carefully chosen and selected by following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) guidelines.

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