{"id":44809,"date":"2021-05-23T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=44809"},"modified":"2021-05-23T12:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T10:43:24","slug":"guacapack-packaging-made-from-avocado-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/guacapack-verpackungen-aus-avocadoresten\/","title":{"rendered":"Guacapack: Sustainable packaging made from avocado waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new sustainable packaging is designed to extend the shelf life of guacamole - thanks to labels with an oxygen barrier and additives extracted from the avocado itself. It is being developed as part of the Guacapack project.<\/p>\n

The processing of avocados produces waste that can make up more than 45 per cent of the total weight of the avocado. This Utilising waste<\/strong> and extend the shelf life of processed products is the aim of the Guacapack research project funded by the Spanish innovation agency AVI.<\/p>\n

Aimplas<\/a>, the Spanish Centre for Plastics Technology, is participating in the Guacapack project, which is being developed by the company ITC Packaging<\/a> is being led. The research group for polymer and nanomaterial analysis at the Universidad de Alicante (Nanobiopol-UA) is also involved.<\/p>

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Guacapack develops biodegradable packaging system<\/h2>\n

The project aims to develop a biodegradable packaging system from avocado waste that also extends the shelf life of food by 15 per cent. This is to be made possible by Labels with oxygen barrier function<\/strong>, which prevent food from oxidising.<\/p>\n

In addition, natural antioxidants are incorporated, which are obtained from the avocado itself and reduce the use of synthetic preservatives.<\/p>\n

The starch from the avocado pit is extracted and purified and used to make a film, from the multi-layer IML labels with oxygen barrier properties<\/strong> are produced.<\/p>\n

In addition, antioxidant components of the avocado peel and avocado flesh are extracted and used as Component of a bioplastic (PLA)<\/strong> which is injection moulded to produce the packaging system.<\/p>\n

According to Aimplas, the new development offers an alternative to the use of synthetic additives as well as a new, Value-adding use for waste<\/strong> from the agricultural and food industries in order to obtain biodegradable packaging from renewable sources. The project is therefore fully aligned with the criteria of the circular economy.<\/p>\n

Source<\/em>Aimplas<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new sustainable packaging is designed to extend the shelf life of guacamole - thanks to labels with an oxygen barrier and additives extracted from the avocado itself. It is being developed as part of the Guacapack project.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":44810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Das spanische Forschungsprojekt Guacapack will aus Avocadoresten neue nachhaltige Verpackungen und Etiketten mit Sauerstoffbarriere entwickeln. ","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Guacapack","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58781],"tags":[59137,43,54,38,31,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-44809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-packaging","8":"tag-aimplas","9":"tag-aus-den-unternehmen","10":"tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde","11":"tag-lebensmittel","12":"tag-nachhaltigkeit-und-green-packaging","13":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","14":"cs-entry","15":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}