The Effect of Active Packaging on Minimizing Food Losses: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Essential Oil Component-enabled Packaging for Fresh Beef

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 761-774

  Zhang, Hai ^a   Hortal, Mercedes ^a   Dobon, Antonio ^a   Bermudez, Jose M ^a   Lara Lledo, Marta ^a  

^a ITENE (Packaging Transport and Logistics Research Institute)   (Spain)

Author keywords

active packaging; food losses; life cycle assessment (LCA); shelf life

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESSENTIAL OILS; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD WASTE; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MICROORGANISMS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE PACKAGING; COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPONENTS; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; FOOD LOSS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SHELF LIFE;

SPOILAGE;

EID: 84938988595     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.2135     Document Type: Article

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