After the rewarding results from cherries tests, which you can check in our earlier post, there come results from new bread trials. This month several trials have been performed on bread and, specifically, on a bread recipe from the Portuguese bakery Pão de Gimonde (wheat-bread loaves of 300 g with 60 % hydration), produced at Ctic [...]
Ctic Cita is a technological centre devoted to attend the research and technical needs required in the agro-food industry. Among the main challenges faced by the industry, which therefore Ctic Cita assumes as its own, it is worth highlighting the following 4 challenges: These challenges are the driving force behind Ctic Cita’ s will to join [...]
If what we in the profession call Active packaging – those that can extend shelf life, monitor condition of products, indicate that condition, or stabilize product condition for extended periods – do their job properly, then that is a Smart solution. All Active and Intelligent Packaging (A&IP) is Smart, from a certain point of view. [...]
On the 4 – 6th September 2018, the NanoPack Work Packaging Leader Meeting was held at Constantia Flexibles (CFlex) in Vienna, Austria. The main objective during these 3 days was to review the project’s progress. For each work package, the main results, challenges and possible solutions, and the activity planning for the next 6 months [...]
NanoPack is happy to announce that the project has been named one of the four finalists in the Resource Efficiency category of the Packaging Europe Sustainability Awards 2018. NanoPack is selected because of its sustainable solutions for enhancing food safety by inhibiting growth of microbes in food products, which will prevent early spoilage and foodborne [...]
This blog post was contributed by Andrew Manly, Communications Director at the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA). The NanoPack project to create a new generation of antimicrobial flexible plastics food packaging is an excellent example of how the industry is responding, and has been responding for decades, to the demands for better management [...]
A word from the coordinator I welcome you to the first NanoPack e-newsletter. The NanoPack project aims to develop state-of-the-art antimicrobial packaging solutions based on natural nanomaterials to extend the shelf-life of perishable foods and reduce waste. I am excited to share with you progress we made during the first year of the project. We [...]
NanoPack first results have been published under the title 'Occupational exposure during handling and loading of halloysite nanotubes – A case study of counting nanofibers'. Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are used in NanoPack films to encapsulate antimicrobial essential oils. When inhaled, they could represent a potential health risk. In this paper, the potential inhalation exposure to [...]
NanoPack was present at the Anuga Food Tec conference held in Cologne between 23-26th March. Tim Devlamynck from BBEU presented the main results of the first-year of the project, including the ability of NanoPack film to prolong additive-free bread shelf life by 27 days. The presentation was very well received, with many people coming to [...]
One of NanoPack's goals is to produce an antimicrobial film that could be used for food packaging to prevent spoilage, thus increasing food shelf-life and reducing food waste. But what has been achieved one year from the start of the project? The main achievement was the successful scale-up for the film production. This was possible thanks [...]
