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. 2023 Jun 21;28(13):4903. doi: 10.3390/molecules28134903

Table 2.

Effect of cold plasma treatment on active packaging in food.

Food Matrix Plasma Device Film Materials Treatment Conditions Physicochemical Change
(Optimisation Methods Were Chosen)
Reference
Input Power (W) Treatment Time (s) Frequency (MHz) Thickness
(mm)
Tensile Strength
(MPa)
Elastic Modulus
(Mpa)
Elongation at Break Water Vapour Permeability
Tilapia fillets RF-
plasma
CNMA- CMC/LDPE 30 60 13.56 +29.97% +13.58% - - - [1]
Chicken breast fillets - 1–3% SEO-
CS/LDPE
84 10 - +650% −3% - −27% −96.7% [2]
Cooked turkey meat Plasma Jet Citrus/PET - - 30 kHz +150% - - - - [4]
Korean steamed rice cakes DBD-
plasma
Nylon/PP
Nylon/LDPE
21 kW 180 - - Nylon/PP + 1.6%
Nylon/PE − 0.5%
Nylon/PP + 1.2%
Nylon/PE + 0.5%
Nylon/PP − 0.3%
Nylon/PE + 0.9%
Nylon/PP − 6.25%
Nylon/PE − 7.7%
[5]
Button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) RF-
Plasma
CMC, COL/LDPE 30 60 13.56 - +7.6% +47.43% - +114% [7]

RF—radio frequency; CS—chitosan; LDPE—low-density polyethylene; DBD—dielectric barrier discharge; PE—polyethylene; CNMA—cinnamaldehyde; CMC—carboxymethyl cellulose; COL—collagen; SEO—summer savoury essential oil; PET—polyethylene terephthalate; PP—polypropylene.