Taste & Odor: Understand the Role of Colorants & Additives In Food & Beverage Packaging

The optimum approach to creating plastics packaging free of taste and odor problems is to choose an "organoleptic-friendly" colorant and avoid the use of functional additives. In general, most FDA-compliant colorants are organoleptically suitable. Still, colorants require careful selection...

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Published in:Plastics Technology 2007-03, Vol.53 (3), p.66
Main Authors: Mickey, Tom, Novomesky, Rich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additives
Antioxidants
Color
Food packaging
Health & beauty aids
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Odors
Packaging
Pigments
Plastics
Product development
Prototypes
Raw materials
Resins
Sulfur
Taste
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Summary:The optimum approach to creating plastics packaging free of taste and odor problems is to choose an "organoleptic-friendly" colorant and avoid the use of functional additives. In general, most FDA-compliant colorants are organoleptically suitable. Still, colorants require careful selection because some have chemistries that are more problematic than others when it comes to taste and odor.
ISSN:0032-1257
2169-7566