Bionanocomposites for soft white cheese packaging

Researchers at the National Research Centre in Egypt prepared and used novel bionanocomposites based on chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol)/titanium nanoparticles as packaging materials for soft white cheese. The soft white cheese was manufactured and packaged within the nanocomposite films and stored at 7 °C for 30 days.
They found that the bionanocomposites exhibited good mechanical properties and exhibited superior antibacterial activity. The results indicated that the total bacterial counts, mold & yeast and coliform decreased with the increasing storage period and disappeared at the end of storage period compared with control. An article about the research is published in Carbohydrate Polymers.
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