Intelligent Packaging in the Food Sector: A Brief Overview
The trend towards sustainability, improved product safety, and high-quality standards are important in all areas of life sciences. In order to satisfy these requirements, intelligent packaging is used in the food sector. These systems can monitor permanently the quality status of a product and share...
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| description | The trend towards sustainability, improved product safety, and high-quality standards are important in all areas of life sciences. In order to satisfy these requirements, intelligent packaging is used in the food sector. These systems can monitor permanently the quality status of a product and share the information with the customer. In this way, food waste can be reduced and customer satisfaction can be optimized. Depending on the product, different types of intelligent packaging technologies are used and discussed in this review. The three main groups are: data carriers, indicators, and sensors. At this time, they are not that widespread, but their potential is already known. In which areas intelligent packaging should be implemented, how the systems work, and which values they offer are dealt in this review. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d6bae7f3bab42f5acd36d9e08dc1aab2022-12-22T01:14:35ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582019-01-01811610.3390/foods8010016foods8010016Intelligent Packaging in the Food Sector: A Brief OverviewPatricia Müller0Markus Schmid1Faculty of Life Sciences, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, Anton-Günther-Str. 51, 72488 Sigmaringen, GermanyFaculty of Life Sciences, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, Anton-Günther-Str. 51, 72488 Sigmaringen, GermanyThe trend towards sustainability, improved product safety, and high-quality standards are important in all areas of life sciences. In order to satisfy these requirements, intelligent packaging is used in the food sector. These systems can monitor permanently the quality status of a product and share the information with the customer. In this way, food waste can be reduced and customer satisfaction can be optimized. Depending on the product, different types of intelligent packaging technologies are used and discussed in this review. The three main groups are: data carriers, indicators, and sensors. At this time, they are not that widespread, but their potential is already known. In which areas intelligent packaging should be implemented, how the systems work, and which values they offer are dealt in this review.http://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/8/1/16packagingintelligent packagingsmart packagingindicatorssensors |
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| title | Intelligent Packaging in the Food Sector: A Brief Overview |
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| title_short | Intelligent Packaging in the Food Sector: A Brief Overview |
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| topic | packaging intelligent packaging smart packaging indicators sensors |
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