UNIT 1:
Testing methods for flexible packaging materials
Corrugated fiberboard boxes, Relative advantages and disadvantages of different packaging materials.
Functions of Packaging, Packaging of foods, requirement, importance and scope, environmental considerations
types of polymers in food packaging and their barrier properties/ – Manufacturing types.
Paper and paperboard - characteristics - packaging -manufacture process - modification of barrier properties
Flexible packaging materials - Plastic packaging -
UNIT 2:
Container designs - Raw materials for can-making – End-making processes -
Types of glass in food Packaging manufacture of glass and glass containers,closures for glass containers
Effect of these materials on packed commodities.
Testing methods for rigid materials and semi rigid materials.
UNIT 3:
CAPand MAP-novelgases- applications
shrinkandclingpackaging,vacuum packaging
Aseptic packaging – requirements - shallow an
Tetra packaging, Retort packaging – principles and application
Edible film packaging, Shrink and stretch packaging,
UNIT 4:
Antimicrobial packaging - Natural non-toxic insect repellent packaging
Active packaging - Controlled release packaging– process
structure, property and food variables, target release rate.
oxygenscavengingandantimicrobial nanocomposites.
flavor releasepackaging–mechanism offlavorrelease,practicalapplications.
UNIT 5:
Smart and intelligent packaging – components and applications
Interactive packaging using internet, Smart Labeling
Labeling to detect changes in temperature, monitor freshness,
Shelf life models – constant and variable H2O and O2
Advances in freshness and safety indicators in food packaging.
