The effect of plasticizer content and disaccharide type on the mechanical, barrier and physical properties of bovine gelatin-based films

• Main Authors: Guerrero, Pedro, Zainal Abedin, Nur Hanani, De La Caba, Koro
• Format: Article
• Published: School of Engineering, Taylor’s University College 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35675/; http://jestec.taylors.edu.my/V9Issue3.htm
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Gelatins are regarded as alternative raw materials to prepare films for food packaging. However, the improvement of their mechanical and water barrier properties is necessary in order to obtain useful materials in service conditions. To improve these functional properties, two strategies have been c...