Title:Characteristics of Different Plastic Materials, Properties and their Role in Food Packaging

VOLUME: 17 ISSUE: 9

Author(s):Vinayak Fasake*, Pramod S. Shelake, Ayushi Srivastava, Kavya Dashora, Ajit Bhagat and Jyoti Dhakane-Lad

Affiliation:Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 110016, Agricultural Processing and Structure, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi, 110012, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 110016, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 110016, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 110016, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400019

Keywords:Food packaging, packaging material, polymer, resin, shelf life, plastic materials.

Abstract:Synthetic polymers are widely used globally for food and other packagings playing an important role in food packaging during transportation, handling and also increasing shelf-life of product at a controlled atmospheric condition. Most of the time, plastic is preferred as a packaging material due to its inherent properties like light in weight, strength, durability, availability, convenience and relatively inexpensive. In this review, it has been tried to preface some plastic material, their sustainability, adaptability, advantages and disadvantages over the packaging of any food product and trying to clarify the different properties of plastic materials and their effect on packaged food.