Intelligent Packaging for the Food Industry

Basically, the active packaging is able to interact with the inner atmosphere of the package. The declared aim is the modification of packaged products and related headspaces by means of antimicrobial and/or antioxidant substances. This alteration tends to improve the shelf life and other important features (colour, smell, texture). 

On the other hand, intelligent packaging is designed to collect, store and commimicate particular information about the story of packaged products [1]. In other words, some kind of external or internal instrument is connected to the package and becomes able to  

1) Detect storage conditions (temperature, relative humidity) in function of the time progression, or. 

2) Make evident the quality decay of the packaged food, or, 

3) Detect storage conditions and quality decrement at the same time, and 

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