Active GRAphene based FOOD packaging systems for a modern society - GRAFOOD

Project summary

GRAFOOD aims to develop a pilot-scale prototype of active food package based on paper and polylactic acid (PLA) film respectively, modified with graphene oxide activated by probiotics and by nano-Ag-TiO2, respectively. Specific objectives: ● characterize the packages currently used for cheese and meat storage; ● design, characterize and validate the prototype of active packages; ● start the procedure to homologate the most efficient PLA and paper based active package and to obtain the Romanian and European patents. The result is a pilot-scale prototype of active package based on paper and PLA film, respectively. The project has multi-lateral impact for academic research teams and their universities, environment and society. Economic benefits: ● reducing the costs for the processing of unsold goods; ● diminishing the amount of the food waste and the costs for their processing, thus increasing the financial profit. The evolution of TRL during the GRAFOOD proposal is from TRL 1 to TRL 7.