Food packaging, additives antifogs

Food packaging additives in the United States include slips, antistats, antioxidants, colorants, antifogs, antimicrobials, and oxygen scavengers. 

ICI Surfactants - Polymer Additives Group, Antifog Agents for Agricultural and Food Packaging Films. Brochure 90-5E (1998). 

Antifogging additives are added to food packaging film used for meat and vegetables, particularly on display in the supermarket (400). 

A new generation antifog additive has been introduced recently to control the formation of water droplets in food packaging of biaxially oriented PP (BOPP) and cast PP, which offers control of droplet formation in packaging for pre-cut salads and other fresh produce, as well as in hot food packaged before it cools down, such as fresh bread and meat cooked in a store. 

Markarian [52] reviewed the latest additives used to improve gas barrier and other properties of food packaging, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. These include oxygen and scavengers, flavour and odour controllers, antimicrobials, antifogs and UV absorbers. 

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