Applications of packaged foods in food and beverages

Notable benefits for food packaging

Protects active ingredients from degradation:

They help protect active ingredients from degradation that can occur due to factors such as heat, light, and oxygen.

This can help ensure that active ingredients retain their biological activity and nutritional properties for a longer period of time.

Improves bioavailability of active ingredients:

They can help improve the bioavailability of the active ingredients, which means they are more likely to be absorbed by the body.

In this way the effectiveness of the active ingredients can be improved and health benefits provided.

Facilitates dosing of active ingredients:

Encapsulation can help facilitate active ingredient dosing, which can help ensure consumers are getting the right amount of active ingredients, being highly relevant to active ingredients important to health, such as antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.

Gives food new flavours, colors and textures:

They can help give foods new flavours, colors and textures. This can help make the food more attractive to consumers and can help improve the dining experience.

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Extending the shelf life of food:

With food packaging, it is possible to extend the useful life of food, and protect it from contamination and deterioration, which helps reduce food waste, thus saving money for consumers.

Improving food safety:

Packaging can improve food safety by protecting food from contamination and spoilage, helping to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses, and ensuring that food is safe to eat.

Creating new functional foods with health benefits:

Through encapsulation, new functional foods with health benefits can be created by encapsulating active ingredients that have health benefits, such as antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals.

Packaged foods that contain active ingredients can help consumers improve their health and well-being.

Innovative applications of food packaging in the industry

• Functional foods: It allows for the production of functional products, such as yogurt containing encapsulated probiotics that survive stomach acid to colonize the intestine.
• Fortified drinks: Beverages containing vitamins and minerals that retain their potency can be developed over time.
• Pastry and bakery products: Encapsulation allows heat-sensitive ingredients, such as antioxidants and vitamins, to be incorporated into baked goods, ensuring their stability during baking.

In the field of packaging, different technologies have emerged, from peeling to spray drying, and these technologies promise to further revolutionize the sector, offering customized solutions according to product needs.

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