Natural-based plasticizers and biopolymer films: A review
Nowadays, there is increasing interest in the use of natural-based plasticizers that are characterized by low toxicity and low migration. This group includes epoxidized triglyceride vegetable oils from soybean oil, linseed oil, castor-oil, sunflower oil, and fatty acid esters (FAEs) [10].
Performance testing of a green plasticizer based on
The migration behavior, mechanical properties and thermal stability of PVC films were characterized by extraction tests, tensile tests and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and the novel plasticizer was compared with ATBC which has achieved extensive industrialization and application as environmentally friendly plasticizer.
Plasticizers Derived from Biomass Resources: A Short Review
Non-toxic green plasticizers with high performance, oil resistance, extraction and migration resistance used in electrical insulation, food packaging, and medical and health products are constantly being developed, produced and applied.
Title: A Review on Plasticizers and Eco-Friendly Bioplasticizers
Various efforts for producing more eco-friendly plasticizers have been carried out by using biobased sources such as diester succinates, which display better biodegradation behavior and...
Chitosan nanoemulsion: A sustainable approach
Future food systems aim nutrition, good health and extend to valuable valorization of wastes and by-products. Chitosan is a multi-functional green biopolymer tapped from marine waste which offers several gracing properties such as non-toxicity, modification ease, antimicrobial activity, biodegradability and bio-compatibility, making it suitable for use in fish-based food systems, which are
- Can plasticizers migrate from food packaging?
- The possibility of migration of plasticizers from the films is always a concern when its intended use is food packaging. Even when approved additives such as CITREM (E472c) or safe plasticizer like SOFT-NSAFE, are used, their possible migration could change the sensorial properties of the packaged food.
- Do plasticizers migrate into acidic foodstuffs?
- Thus, it has been demonstrated that a contact for prolonged time up to 40 °C did not promote the migration of plasticizers into acidic foodstuffs, but the migration of plasticizers to fatty foods can be high (75%–90% loss of plasticizers) and limit the use of PVC films as fatty food packaging. 1. Introduction
- Can plasticizers be used in food packaging environments?
- This demonstrated excellent performance compared to the 10.94% migration rate of DOTP-50 in acidic food with pH < 5.0 after 240 h, indicating that these plasticizers can be safely used in the corresponding food packaging environments. Weight loss of PVC films in food simulant tests.
- Do plasticizers migrate into food simulants?
- In addition, commercial films have been evaluated as to plasticizers concentration and specific migration into food simulants. It was found that 25% of the samples comply with the specific migration limits for fatty foods contact while 50% might be used for contact with fatty foods with FRF 2–5.
- Why do plasticizers have a specific migration compared to the overall migration?
- The fact that the specific migration of plasticizers corresponds to the values of overall migration for most films evaluated may be due to the fact that the tests of specific migration were conducted with isooctane simulant, which has greater extractive power than olive oil (simulant used in the overall migration test).
- Do plasticizers migrate better than SML?
- Migration performance of conventional and new plasticizers were investigated. Distinct migration was due to different interactions between the plasticizers. Correlation between migration and tensile properties of the films was done. Most of commercial samples showed migration lower than SML established.
