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How to measure and analyse the texture of food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and adhesives.

Tuesday 29 June 2021

Texture Analysis: A tool for developing new food packaging from byproducts (waste)

Green bulb environmental concept
By-products and waste generation are having an impact on environmental, economic, and social sectors. 
 
To the environment, these contribute to GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Many of these biomaterials are not utilised and end up in municipal landfills where they create serious environmental problems due to microbial decomposition and leachate production. In some cases, the by-products are burned to remove fungi and parasites. From the economic point of view, the adverse impact is due to the costs related to the handling of solid waste in landfills. Moreover, the management of large amounts of different degradable materials poses a challenge.
 
However, there is an increasing need for biodegradable, environmentally friendly and functional food-packaging materials. In this regard, proteins obtained from agri-food industry by-products may become a promising and sustainable (less impact, valorisation) source of such materials.