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Oxygen Absorption Kinetics of Sheets and Films Containing a Commercial Iron-based Oxygen Scavenger

M.J. Galotto

LABEN-CHILE, Laboratorio de Envases, Dpto. de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos Facultad Tecnológica, Edificio Alimentos, USACH. Obispo Umaña 050, Santiago, Chile, mariagalotto{at}usach.cl

S.A. Anfossi

LABEN-CHILE, Laboratorio de Envases, Dpto. de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos Facultad Tecnológica, Edificio Alimentos, USACH. Obispo Umaña 050, Santiago, Chile

A. Guarda

LABEN-CHILE, Laboratorio de Envases, Dpto. de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos Facultad Tecnológica, Edificio Alimentos, USACH. Obispo Umaña 050, Santiago, Chile

Absorption kinetics of three different forms of the same iron-based oxygen scavenger were studied. Oxygen scavengers were used as pellet, sheet, and film materials. Two scavenger concentrations were used for sheet and film forms. Scavenger samples were analyzed at 75 or 100% relative humidities and stored at 5, 15, and 25°C. Oxygen concentration in the headspace was measured as a function of time. Absorption kinetics was best described by the Chapman-Richards empirical growth model rather than by a first-order reaction. Arrhenius behavior was observed for variations in the final absorption rate with temperature. Absorption capacities, final absorption rates, and activation energies were evaluated and discussed. Scavenger concentration, relative humidity, and temperature effects on kinetic parameters were studied for each experimental condition. Temperature was the most important factor that affected kinetic parameters. At the relative humidity levels studied, any important effect on kinetic parameters was not observed, except on absorption capacities.

Key Words: oxygen scavenger • food packaging • kinetics

Food Science and Technology International, Vol. 15, No. 2, 159-168 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1082013208106207
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