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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298655603321

Autore

Brunazzi Giovanni

Titolo

The Importance of Packaging Design for the Chemistry of Food Products / / by Giovanni Brunazzi, Salvatore Parisi, Amina Pereno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-08452-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Collana

Chemistry of Foods, , 2199-689X

Disciplina

664.09

Soggetti

Food—Biotechnology

Medical research

Materials science

Food Science

Quality of Life Research

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Production of Packaging Materials -- Packaging and Food: A Complex Combination -- The Instrumental Role of Food Packaging -- Packaging, a Communicative Medium -- Packaging and Quality.

Sommario/riassunto

This Brief defines reliable correlations between the food packaging design and its chemical features in terms of an 'integrated food product' (the synergistic union composed of the edible content and its container). A good design, as described in this Brief, implies the best choices from a series of possibilities, taking into account economical and commercial influences or limitations in the production and processing chain and the chemical interactions that can arise between the food containers and the contained edible material. This Brief highlights how the different requirements can be combined, while avoiding dangerous food risks originating from the chemical interaction between the container and the product. Different designs are critically analysed with relation to the effect on contained foods. The influences and resulting consequences of different possible food packaging



designs are highlighted and discussed in selected case studies for some every-day products (like potato chips).