SUSFOFLEX
SMART and SUSTAINABLE FOOD PACKAGING UTILIZING FLEXIBLE PRINTED INTELLIGENCE and MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
| Coordinatore | OULUN YLIOPISTO
Organization address
address: Pentti Kaiteran Katu 1 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Finland [FI] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.susfoflex.com/ |
| Totale costo | 3˙946˙639 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙954˙436 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2011-5 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-TP |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-01-01 - 2014-12-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
OULUN YLIOPISTO
Organization address
address: Pentti Kaiteran Katu 1 contact info |
FI (OULU) | coordinator | 281˙200.00 |
| 2 |
TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT
Organization address
address: TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A contact info |
FI (ESPOO) | participant | 495˙732.75 |
| 3 |
UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE
Organization address
address: Largo Agostino Gemelli 1 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 246˙680.00 |
| 4 |
SZEGEDI TUDOMANYEGYETEM
Organization address
address: DUGONICS TER 13 contact info |
HU (SZEGED) | participant | 211˙680.00 |
| 5 |
CONFIDEX OY
Organization address
address: HAARLANKATU 1 contact info |
FI (TAMPERE) | participant | 194˙640.00 |
| 6 |
Fundacion Andaltec I+D+I
Organization address
address: Avenida de la Paz 3 Bajo contact info |
ES (Martos) | participant | 190˙360.00 |
| 7 |
FUNDACION CETENA
Organization address
address: PLAZA CEIN 4 POLIGONO MOCHOLI contact info |
ES (NOAIN) | participant | 185˙750.00 |
| 8 |
TECCI CIRCUITOS IMPRESOS SL
Organization address
address: INDUSTRIAL PARK ARANAZTEGI ETORBIDEA STREET 8 contact info |
ES (ANDOAIN) | participant | 177˙120.00 |
| 9 |
SYSTEM LABEL LIMITED
Organization address
address: RACECOURSE ROAD contact info |
IE (ROSCOMMON) | participant | 164˙280.00 |
| 10 |
KALITE SISTEM LABORATUVARLARI AS
Organization address
address: Degirmen sok Ar Plaza B Blok 16 contact info |
TR (Istanbul) | participant | 162˙290.00 |
| 11 |
TOMMEN GRAM FOLIE AS
Organization address
address: Halsanveien 3-11 contact info |
NO (LEVANGER) | participant | 160˙960.00 |
| 12 |
GEORGIA TECH IRELAND
Organization address
address: "IDA Business and Technology Park, Garrycastle, Dublin Rd" contact info |
IE (ATHLONE) | participant | 159˙508.25 |
| 13 |
ANECOOP SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA
Organization address
address: CALLE MONFORTE 1 contact info |
ES (VALENCIA) | participant | 132˙961.00 |
| 14 |
"ICETA INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS, TECNOLOGIAS E AGROAMBIENTE DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO"
Organization address
address: Rua D. Manuel II Ap.55142 contact info |
PT (Porto) | participant | 115˙314.00 |
| 15 |
FUNDACION CIDETEC
Organization address
address: Parque Tecnologico de Miramon, Paseo Miramon 196 contact info |
ES (DONOSTIA - SAN SEBASTIAN) | participant | 75˙960.00 |
| 16 |
FUNDACION INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO EN NANOTECNOLOGIA
Organization address
address: "CALLE TAJONAR, CAMPUS ARROSADIA (CENTRO I+D)" contact info |
ES (PAMPLONA) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Scientists and business oriented organizations all have a responsibility in the technology driven sustainable development. The SusFoFlex project has put a rather ambitious objective forward, specifically to deliver a technology which targets the customers with exciting new features and which could possibly yield new production-consumption patterns by using cutting edge sustainable technologies with smart features.
The development of novel packaging solutions that will have the following characteristics a. To be sustainable: innovative packaging materials and additives developed from eco-friendly, bio degradable materials obtained from organic agro-food by-products; or traditional packaging materials combined with the former solutions so that their employed amount could be reduced b. To be able to increase/improve the shelf-life of the packaged food: packaging materials with improved barrier and antioxidant properties c. To be able to reduce food losses: thanks to the ability to extend the shelf-life, and/or incorporation of nanomaterials based sensor array (intelligent packaging)
The development of a methodology that could be flexibly applied to different food categories a. Identification of food storage requisites b. Identification of properties of traditional packaging solutions used at present for that food c. Development of sustainable materials with competitive performance d. Development of innovative solutions with improved performances e. Industrial small-scale demonstration of the results
The consortium will investigate different traditional packaging materials (PP/PE) and identify the key areas where improvement in terms of barriers and smart functions can be made by using natural additives, filler and nanomaterials (natural antioxidant extracts, cellulose-based bionanocomposite, nano-silicates, edible nanolaminate coatings), by PLA films, and by developing nanomaterials based sensor array that can gain information on the condition of the product.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU team is developing smart packaging for food that visually responds to chemical and temperature changes indicating spoilage. A combination of materials and sensors detect ethanol and other substances and report to special scanners.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Spoiled food can be difficult for consumers to detect, and carries potentially severe consequences. One solution may be new combinations of packaging materials and sensors, which both help preserve food and indicate when it has gone bad.
The EU-funded http://www.susfoflex.com (SUSFOFLEX) (Smart and sustainable food packaging utilizing flexible printed intelligence and materials technologies) project aimed to develop such technologies. The packaging solutions were intended to be eco-friendly and sustainable, and also able to improve food shelf life and reduce food losses using nanomaterial sensors. The 16-member consortium ran for 3 years from the start of 2012 to the end of 2014.
Work during the first reporting period began with benchmarking existing biopolymer packaging materials and smart sensors. The project selected fresh-cut fruit as an experimental focus. Next, the team determined the packaging properties required for fruit.
The consortium detailed the chemical substances produced by spoiling food, yielding a short list for both fruit and fish. Researchers then selected ethanol as most important for fruit and most compatible with the planned technologies. Before proceeding with the sensors, the group reviewed the pertinent regulations.
Sustainability studies of packaging materials led to reclamation of resources from agricultural by-products. The team chose waste orange peel for antioxidants and wheat straw as a source of cellulose. Other combinations were also tested, including silver nanoparticles.
SUSFOFLEX developed two kinds of sensor that respond to the previously identified by-products of degrading food, including ethanol. The first sensor gives an electrical response, the second responds to increasing temperature with a colour change.
The various sensors were integrated with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The intent was to facilitate communication between the sensor and an RFID reader. Other combinations were also tried; the project developed hardware that measures thermally related colour changes, plus the necessary software. Various printing options were also trialled.
Lastly, the consortium began assessing the environmental risks of the proposed materials and technologies. More detailed studies are planned for the project's second half.
To date, SUSFOFLEX has yielded 17 potentially exploitable results, leading to new smart food packaging materials that indicate spoilage. There are clear health benefits of such indication.