Source: UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS submitted to
PREVENTING OXIDATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS VIA METAL CHELATING ACTIVE PACKAGING
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0226522
Grant No.
2012-67017-30157
Cumulative Award Amt.
$498,809.00
Proposal No.
2011-03048
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Jan 1, 2012
Project End Date
Dec 31, 2016
Grant Year
2012
Program Code
[A1351]- Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health: Improved Processing Technologies
Recipient Organization
UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS
(N/A)
AMHERST,MA 01003
Performing Department
Food Science
Non Technical Summary
Metal promoted degredation impacts quality, shelf life and nutrition of packaged foods. We propose a novel packaging system in which metals ions are removed from the food by the packaging film.
Animal Health Component
20%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
60%
Applied
20%
Developmental
20%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
50150102000100%
Knowledge Area
501 - New and Improved Food Processing Technologies;

Subject Of Investigation
5010 - Food;

Field Of Science
2000 - Chemistry;
Goals / Objectives
1. Design and characterize novel iron chelating polyethylene packaging films. 2. Demonstrate the ability of chelator-grafted polyethylene to inhibit iron promoted oxidative degradation reactions. 3. Demonstrate activity of chelator-grafted polyethylene in true packaged food systems.
Project Methods
1. Design and characterize novel iron chelating polyethylene packaging films. The food contact surface of polyethylene films will be modified using ozone-initiated grafting of polymers with proven ability to chelate iron. Two approaches will be investigated: i) grafting anionic polyacrylic acid, which will chelate iron by electrostatic interactions, and ii) immobilization of desferrioxamine onto the polyacrylic acid grafted polyethylene, which will enhance chelation by high affinity coordination chemistry. Films will be incubated with iron solutions at varying pH values and analyzed by infrared spectroscopy. Ferrozine will be used to quantitate the amount of iron chelated by the chelator-grafted polyethylene. 2. Demonstrate the ability of chelator-grafted polyethylene to inhibit iron promoted oxidative degradation reactions. -3 fatty acids, an important nutritional component of food that is extremely sensitive to oxidative degradation, will be used as a model bioactive lipid in this study. Chelator-grafted polyethylene films will be incubated with emulsions containing -3's. Oxidation of -3 fatty acids will be monitored by spectrophotometric and chromatographic techniques. The influence of chemical and physical factors expected in foods (e.g. pH, counter ions, iron concentration) on the ability of the chelator-grafted polyethylene to inhibit oxidation will be tested. 3. Demonstrate activity of chelator-grafted polyethylene in true packaged food systems. The commercial applicability of our antioxidant active packaging will be demonstrated by performing storage stability studies on foods packed in flexible pouches made of our chelator-grafted polyethylene. Salad dressing, omega-3 fortified milk, and bulk oil will be used as model food systems. Inclusion of an acidic emulsified product, a neutral beverage, as well as hydrophobic bulk oil will help determine the conditions of commercial applicability of the proposed antioxidant active packaging material. Stability of the chelator against migration into the food will also be tested.

Progress 01/01/12 to 12/31/16

Outputs
Target Audience:Food Ingredient Suppliers Martek Biosciences GAT Technologies Denomega Oils Ocean Nutrition DSM Monsanto Bunge Oils Food Processing Companies Food Network International Frito Lay Pepsico Unilever Nestle Kraft Coca Cola Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?3 PhD students were trained. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Research publications and presentations at international conferences. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? All objectives were accomplished.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Roman, M. J., Decker, E. A. & Goddard, J. M. (2016). Retaining Oxidative Stability of Emulsified Foods by Novel Nonmigratory Polyphenol Coated Active Packaging. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 64(27), 5574-5582.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Roman, M. J., Decker, E. A. & Goddard, J. M. (2015). Performance of Nonmigratory Iron Chelating Active Packaging Materials in Viscous Model Food Systems. Journal of Food Science 80(9), E1965-E1973.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Lin, Z., Roman, M. J., Decker, E. A. & Goddard, J. M. (2016). Synthesis of Iminodiacetate Functionalized Polypropylene Films and Their Efficacy as Antioxidant Active-Packaging Materials. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 64(22), 4606-4617.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Ogiwara, Y., Roman, M. J., Decker, E. A. & Goddard, J. M. (2016). Iron chelating active packaging: Influence of competing ions and pH value on effectiveness of soluble and immobilized hydroxamate chelators. Food Chemistry 196, 842-847.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Johnson, D. R., Tian, F., Rornan, M. J., Decker, E. A. & Goddard, J. M. (2015). Development of Iron-Chelating Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Packaging for Inhibiting Lipid Oxidation in Oil-in-Water Emulsions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 63(20), 5055-5060.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Lin, Z., Decker, E. A. & Goddard, J. M. (2016). Preparation of metal chelating active packaging materials by laminated photografting. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 13(2), 395-404.


Progress 01/01/15 to 12/31/15

Outputs
Target Audience:There are several target audiences who were served by this project in the past year. Graduate and undergraduate students, as well as visiting scientists, learned experimental design, chelating materials chemistry, and food chemistry techniques through laboratory experience and instruction. Graduate students also gained technical writing experience as well as mentorship experience by mentoring visiting researchers who supported this project. The packaging and chelating materials scientific community received new science-based knowledge through journal article publications and conference proceedings of results related to this work. The food industry received advances in the understanding of how different approaches to antioxidants and active packaging materials development can improve food quality while reducing additive use. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?To date, six graduate students and one visiting scientist have been involved in the execution of this project. As part of this project, they learn technical skills in materials chemistry, food chemistry, emulsion technology, and analytical chemistry. They are also given opportunities to present their findings at many levels: lab meetings, campus events, and national conferences, as well as in published technical journal articles. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Knowledge from this project has been disseminated to scientific communities as well as the general public. Results were presented at the Fall 2015 American Chemical Society Meeting in Boston, MA, the 2015 Institute of Food Technologists' Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, the 2015 American Oil Chemists' Society Annual Meeting, the 2015 Pittcon Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA and in regional conferences. Results were published in four new peer-reviewed publications, and one additional submission. The technology developed as a result of this project has resulted in one patent, which has garnered industrial interest. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?In the next reporting period, we will have two major efforts. First, we will continue our efforts to improve the scalability of production of these films to industrially relevant metrics. We will conduct further applications tests, including characterizing the performance of the chelating materials in true food systems and demonstrate efficacy in inhibiting oxidative degradation in emulsion systems.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? In the past year, several significant accomplishments were achieved towards the goal of designing metal chelating active packaging materials to reduce oxidative degradation in foods. We have designed a new synthetic route that is more scalable to industrial, roll-to-roll production of chelating packaging films. We have designed methodology to characterize surface pKa of films to predict conditions of optimal use, which were shown to include pH ranges down to 3.0. The materials were demonstrated to retain efficacy even in the presence of competing ions typical in food and beverage systems, and with increasing viscosities up to that similar to mayonnaise.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Submitted Year Published: 2015 Citation: Lin, Z, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. 2015. Preparation of metal chelating active packaging materials by laminated photografting. Submitted.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Bastarrachea, LJ, Wong, DE, Roman, MJ, Lin, Z, Goddard, JM. 2015. Active Packaging Coatings. Coatings. 5(4) 771-791. DOI: 10/3390/coatings5040771.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Ogiwara, Y, Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. 2016. Iron chelating active packaging: Influence of competing ions and pH value on effectiveness of soluble and immobilized hydroxamate chelators. Food Chemistry. 196: 842-847. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.10.029.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Roman, MJ. Decker, ED, and Goddard, JM. 2015. Performance of non-migratory iron chelating active packaging materials in viscous model food systems. Journal of Food Science. 80 (9): 1965-1973. DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.12972.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Johnson, DR, Tian, F, Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, Goddard, JM. 2015. Development of Iron Chelating Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Packaging for Inhibiting Lipid Oxidation in Oil-in-Water Emulsions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 63 (20): 5055-5060. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b00796.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Roman, MJ, Tian, F, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Active Food Packaging as a Means to Reduce Use of Food Additives. Invited presentation in session: Food Packaging. March 9, 2015. Pittcon Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Roman, MJ, Tian, F, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Metal Chelating Non-migratory Active Packaging. Session: Smart Packaging: Active and Intelligent. June, 2014. Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Performance of non-migratory iron chelating active packaging films in viscous model food systems. Presentation in session: Food Packaging Division Posters. July 12, 2015. IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo. Chicago, IL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Roman, MJ, Ogiwara, Y, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Iron chelating active packaging films in the presence of counter-ions under varying pH values retain activity. Presentation in session: Food Packaging Division Posters. July 12, 2015. IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo. Chicago, IL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Lin, J, Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Synthesis of iminodiacetate grafted polypropylene film using chlorinated methacrylate for active packaging application. Oral presentation in session: Surface Modification of Polymeric Materials. August 16, 2015. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting in Boston, MA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Performance stability of nonmigratory metal chelating active packaging materials in model food systems. Oral presentation in session: Modern Perspectives on Oxidation: Flavor Consequences in Foods & Beverages. August 16, 2015. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting in Boston, MA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Metal chelating polyphenol coatings for antioxidant active packaging. Poster presentation in session: Fundamental Research in Colloids, Surfaces, and Nanomaterials. August 16, 2015. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting in Boston, MA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Lin, J, Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Preparation of metal chelating active food packaging materials by laminated photografting. Poster presentation. August 18, 2015. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting in Boston, MA.


Progress 01/01/14 to 12/31/14

Outputs
Target Audience: There are several target audiences who were served by this project in the past year. Graduate and undergraduate students, as well as visiting scientists and postdoctoral scholars, learned experimental design, chelating materials chemistry, and food chemistry techniques through laboratory experience and instruction. Graduate students also gained technical writing experience as well as mentorship experience by mentoring visiting researchers who supported this project. The packaging and chelating materials scientific community received new science-based knowledge through journal article publications and conference proceedings of results related to this work. The food industry received advances in the understanding of how different approaches to antioxidants and active packaging materials development can improve food quality while reducing additive use. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Four graduate students, one postdoctoral scholar and one visiting scientist were involved in the execution of this project in the past year. As part of this project, they learn technical skills in materials chemistry, food chemistry, emulsion technology, and analytical chemistry. They are also given opportunities to present their findings at many levels: lab meetings, campus events, and national conferences, as well as in published technical journal articles. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Knowledge from this project has been disseminated to scientific communities as well as the general public. Results were presented at the American Chemical Society Meetings in Indianapolis, IN and New Haven, CT, the Institute of Food Technologists’ Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, the Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, CA, and in University symposia. Results were published in four new peer-reviewed publications. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? In the next reporting period, we will continue our efforts to modify our surface modification synthesis strategies to be better adaptable to larger-scale, commercial, roll-to-roll systems typically used in packaging conversion. We will also conduct significant translational research to further demonstrate the performance of these films in complex food matrices of varying viscosity and inclusion of proteins/lipids/counter-ions. Finally, we will explore adaptation of the technology to other packaging materials (e.g. PET).

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? In the past year, several significant accomplishments were achieved towards the goal of designing metal chelating active packaging materials to reduce oxidative degradation in foods. Specifically, we have refined our surface grafting chemistry resulting in materials with chelating capacity on the order of magnitude of permitted usage levels of synthetic chelators. New generation chelating materials perform effectively at pH values down to 3.0, are supportive of natural antimicrobials in preventing microbial growth, and perform well even in the presence of competitive chelators. We have conducted significant fundamental and applied research on determining influence of material chemistry on dissociation behavior of the grafted chelators. Translational research was performed to characterize influence of grafting parameters on chelating capacity, enabling us to optimize production.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Roman, MJ, Tian, F, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. 2014. Iron chelating polypropylene films: Manipulating photoinitiated graft polymerization to tailor chelating activity. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 131(4):39948.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tian, F, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. 2013. Controlling lipid oxidation via a biomimetic iron chelating active packaging material. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61(50): 12397-12404.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Roman, M.J., Decker, E.A., Goddard, J.M. 2014. FTIR studies of dissociation behavior of metal chelating polyelectrolyte brushes. Appl. Mat. & Interfaces. 6 (8):5383?5387.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Roman, M.J., Decker, E.A., Goddard, J.M. 2014. Metal chelating active packaging film enhances lysozyme inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes. J Food Prot. 77(7):1153-1160.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Roman, MJ, Tian, F, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. Non-Migrating Metal Chelating Active Packaging. Session: Smart Packaging: Active and Intelligent. June, 2014. Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Goddard, JM. Innovative Food Contact Materials. Young Scientist Competition, Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. September 2013. American Chemical Society National Meeting. Indianapolis, IN.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, Goddard, JM. Metal chelating active packaging film enhances activity of food-grade antimicrobials. International Association of Food Protection. Indianapolis, IN. Oral Presentation. 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Roman, MJ, Tian, F, Decker, EA, Goddard, JM. Preventing Oxidation of Bioactive Compounds via Iron Chelating Active Packaging. Project Directors Meeting, Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, April 24, 2014. San Diego, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, Goddard, JM. Metal chelating polymer films enhance antimicrobial activity of lysozyme in solutions of moderate ionic strength. Bioinorganic Chemistry Session. American Chemical Society Northeast Regional Meeting. October 25, 2013. New Haven, CT.
  • Type: Other Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Goddard, JM. Innovative Food Contact Materials.? Seminar Presentation at Michigan State University School of Packaging, October 3, 2013, East Lansing, MI.
  • Type: Other Status: Other Year Published: 2014 Citation: Goddard, JM. Biointerfaces in Food and Bioprocessing. Cornell Food Science Seminar Series, March 18, 2014, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
  • Type: Theses/Dissertations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tian, F. 2013. Ph.D. Dissertation: Controlling lipid oxidation of food by non-migratory metal-chelating active packaging films. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Department of Food Science. Advisor: Julie M. Goddard.


Progress 01/01/13 to 12/31/13

Outputs
Target Audience: There are several target audiences who were served by this project in the past year. Graduate and undergraduate students, as well as visiting scientists, learned experimental design, chelating materials chemistry, and food chemistry techniques through laboratory experience and instruction. Graduate students also gained technical writing experience as well as mentorship experience by mentoring visiting researchers who supported this project. The packaging and chelating materials scientific community received new science-based knowledge through journal article publications and conference proceedings of results related to this work. The food industry received advances in the understanding of how different approaches to antioxidants and active packaging materials development can improve food quality while reducing additive use. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Three graduate students and one visiting scientist are involved in the execution of this project. As part of this project, they learn technical skills in materials chemistry, food chemistry, emulsion technology, and analytical chemistry. They are also given opportunities to present their findings at many levels: lab meetings, campus events, and national conferences, as well as in published technical journal articles. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Knowledge from this project has been disseminated to scientific communities as well as the general public. Results were presented at the Spring 2013 American Chemical Society Meeting in New Orleans, LA, the 2013 Institute of Food Technologists’ Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, the 2013 American Oil Chemists’ Society Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, and in regional conferences. Results were published in four peer-reviewed publications, and one patent application. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? In the next reporting period, we will have two major efforts. In the first, we will explore alternative metal chelating functionality chemistries for use in creating antioxidant active packaging materials. Chemistries that are not influenced by pH or presence of counterions will be explored. Preliminary work has shown this approach to greatly improve our already successful technology. In the second effort, we will modify our surface modification synthesis strategies to be better adaptable to larger-scale, commercial, roll-to-roll systems typically used in packaging conversion.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? In the past year, several significant accomplishments were achieved towards the goal of designing metal chelating active packaging materials to reduce oxidative degradation in foods. Specifically, we have refined our surface grafting chemistry resulting in materials with chelating capacity on the order of magnitude of permitted usage levels of synthetic chelators. Graft conditions were tailored to influence chelating capacity. The current generation of chelating active packaging materials was shown to preserve physicochemical characteristics of packaged emulsions while preventing lipid oxidation. These materials were able to delay lipid oxidation in emulsified systems at a range of pH values down to slightly acidic values.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tian, F, Decker, EA, and Goddard, JM. 2013. Control of lipid oxidation in food by active packaging technologies. Food & Function. 4(5):669-680. DOI:10.1039/C3FO30360H
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Tian, F, Decker, E.A. and Goddard, JM. 2012. Control of lipid oxidation by non-migratory active packaging films prepared by photoinitiated graft polymerization. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60 (31): 7710-7718.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Tian, F, Decker, E.A. and Goddard, JM. 2012. Development of a metal chelating polyethylene film to control oxidative deterioration of foods. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60: 2046-2052.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2014 Citation: Tian, F, Decker, EA, McClements, DJ and Goddard, JM. 2014. Influence of non-migratory metal-chelating active packaging film on food quality: Impact on physical and chemical stability of emulsions. Food Chemistry. 151:257-265. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.11.074. In Press.
  • Type: Other Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Goddard, JM. Designing Materials to Improve Food Quality and Safety. Invited Seminar Presentation at Smith College, Chemistry Department, April 1, 2013, Northampton, MA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Goddard, JM, Tian, F, Decker, EA. Reducing Additive use via Non-Migratory Active Packaging. 245th ACS National Meeting, Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Food Additives and Packaging Symposium. April 2013. New Orleans, LA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tian, F, Roman, MJ, Decker, EA, Goddard, JM. Preventing Oxidation Of Bioactive Compounds Via Iron Chelating Active Packaging: Influence of Surface Chemistry. USDA NIFA Project Directors Meeting at Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting. July 2013. Chicago, Il.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tian, F, Decker, EA and Goddard, JM. Control of Lipid Oxidation by a Non-migratory Active Packaging Film Prepared by Surface Grafting of a Biomimetic Chelator. 2013 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo, July 13  July 16, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Tian, F, Decker, EA and Goddard, JM. Effect of pH on the Activity of Non-migratory Metal-chelating Packaging Film in Preventing Lipid Oxidation in an Oil-in-water Emulsion System. 104th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, April 28  May 1, 2013. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Roman, MJ, Tian, F, Decker, EA, Goddard, JM. Preventing Oxidation of Bioactive Compounds via Iron Chelating Active Packaging: Influence of Surface Chemistry.  IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo. July 14, 2013. McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.


Progress 01/01/12 to 12/31/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: In the first year of the project, we successfully demonstrated that our non-migratory chelating antioxidant active packaging can delay lipid oxidation in an oil-in-water emulsion system. Polymer packaging films were modified by a layer-by-layer deposition process to introduce iron chelating functionality to the films surface. An alternative method was further investigated, by which chelating functionality was grafted from the materials' surface to increase the amount of iron capable of being chelated. Materials were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, cross sectional electron microscopy, iron chelating assay, functional group quantification assay, and lipid oxidation studies. Knowledge from this project has been disseminated to scientific communities as well as the general public. Results were presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists in Las Vegas, NV and the 2012 annual meeting of the American Oil Chemists' Society. Outcomes were discussed at an invited talk on "Non-migratory Antioxidant Active Packaging" at the 2012 national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia, PA and at a Lipid Oxidation short course in 2012 at UMass Amherst. PARTICIPANTS: PI: Dr. Julie Goddard. Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, UMass Amherst. PI Goddard provided overall project management, including administration of funds, mentorship of the graduate student hired as part of this project, and overall technical project direction. Collaborators: co-PI Dr Eric A. Decker (UMass Food Science) supports the lipid oxidation and iron chelation chemistry aspects of this project. Training: Fang Tian and Maxine Roman are graduate students supported in part by this project to conduct research. They receive training and professional development through research, coursework, presentations, and collaboration opportunities. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.

Impacts
The results and findings of our synthesis and characterization of the nonmigratory antioxidant active packaging have resulted in a change in knowledge. Previously, inclusion of label unfriendly chelators like EDTA was the only way to achieve a delay in lipid oxidation in liquid and semi-solid foods for which iron-promoted lipid oxidation was a major quality concern. We have demonstrated that non-migratory active packaging, using a low-cost material and low-cost chelating functionality, can delay lipid oxidation without the need for such synthetic additives. This work has therefore resulted in a significantly new approach to controlling iron promoted quality losses in foods.

Publications

  • Tian, F, Decker, E.A. and Goddard, JM. 2012. Control of lipid oxidation by non-migratory active packaging films prepared by photoinitiated graft polymerization. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60 (31): 7710-7718.
  • Tian, F, Decker, E.A. and Goddard, JM. 2012. Development of a metal chelating polyethylene film to control oxidative deterioration of foods. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60: 2046-2052.