Sirodariya Foram, Tapre Ajay R, Nandane Anil S
Dept. of Food Processing Tech. A. D. Patel Institute of Technology, Charutar Vidya Mandal University, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat India.
J Food Sci Technol. 2025 Feb;62(2):292-299. doi: 10.1007/s13197-024-06027-8. Epub 2024 Jul 17.
A huge amount of fruits and vegetables is being produced and processed in India and therefore the waste is also generated in high quantities. These wastes are good sources of vitamins, enzymes, cellulose, and many other essential compounds. The non-utilization of these bio-wastes leads to economic loss and also environmental problems. Plastic is versatile and very convenient material to use as packaging material. Plastic is a non-biodegradable material which is not only hazardous to human health but also affecting environment. To overcome such problems, the study was conducted to utilize plant-based waste to develop biodegradable packaging containers. Among the various alternatives, plant-based waste like peels of orange along with wheat flour and tamarind seed kernel flour at varying levels were used to develop acceptable quality biodegradable packaging containers. The studies involved obtaining the optimized formulation by using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) for creating biodegradable containers with desired mechanical and chemical properties. The independent variables used were Orange Peel Powder (OPP), Wheat Flour (FL) and Tamarind Seed Powder (BA) as binding agent. The dependent variables were water activity and compression strength. The optimized formulation obtained from the RSM is 50.28% OPP, 35.71% FL, and 14.01% BA along with process parameters 131C for 64 min. This optimized formulation produced biodegradable container with 12.63kgf compression strength and 0.21 water activity.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13197-024-06027-8.
印度正在大量生产和加工水果和蔬菜，因此也产生了大量的废弃物。这些废弃物是维生素、酶、纤维素和许多其他必需化合物的良好来源。这些生物废弃物未得到利用会导致经济损失和环境问题。塑料是一种用途广泛且非常方便用作包装材料的材料。塑料是一种不可生物降解的材料，不仅对人体健康有害，而且还会影响环境。为了克服这些问题，开展了一项研究，利用植物基废弃物来开发可生物降解的包装容器。在各种替代方案中，使用了诸如橙皮等植物基废弃物，以及不同比例的小麦粉和罗望子籽仁粉，来开发质量合格的可生物降解包装容器。这些研究涉及使用响应面法（RSM）获得优化配方，以制造具有所需机械和化学性能的可生物降解容器。所使用的自变量为作为粘合剂的橙皮粉（OPP）、小麦粉（FL）和罗望子籽粉（BA）。因变量为水分活度和抗压强度。通过RSM获得的优化配方为50.28%的OPP、35.71%的FL和14.01%的BA，以及131℃下64分钟的工艺参数。这种优化配方生产出的可生物降解容器抗压强度为12.63千克力，水分活度为0.21。
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