Starch and Hemicellulose as Barrier Materials in Food Packaging : - A study of the materials permeability and structure with polyvinyl alcohol as a reference

To prevent permeation through food packages, the packaging are often combined with barrier coatings. Many of these coatings are petroleum based and wished to be replaced with renewable materials. The aim with this study was to produce laboratory barrier films of starch, hemicellulose and polyvinyl a...

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Main Author: Andersson, Elin
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013) 2015
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-36611