Binding of volatile aroma compounds to can linings with different polymeric characteristics

• Published in: Food science & nutrition Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 54 - 61
• Main Authors: You, Xiaorong, O'Keefe, Sean F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2018; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Aroma compounds; Binding; can lining; Data points; flavor scalping; Flavors; Food; Fourier transforms; Gas chromatography; Linings; Mass spectrometry; Organic chemistry; Original Research; Packaging; Polymer chemistry; polymers; Polyolefins; Rate constants; Room temperature; Scalping; Solid phases; SPME; Volatile compounds; flavor scalping; SPME; polymers; can lining
• ISSN: 2048-7177; 2048-7177
• DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.526

Flavor compounds have been shown to interact with packaging materials either by scalping, the movement of flavorings from the food product to the package, or by flavor release, movement of flavorings from the package to the food. Work has elucidated the parameters important for the scalping of flavor compounds to polyolefin packaging materials, but very little work has been conducted examining the scalping of flavor compounds by can lining materials. Can linings composed of three different polymers, polyolefin, acrylic, epoxy, were studied for binding of volatile flavor compounds (octanal, nonanal, decanal, eugenol, d‐limonene) at room temperature over a 2‐week period. Solid phase microextraction (SPME) was used with gas chromatography mass spectrometry to identify and quantify volatile compounds. Flavor compounds were studied at concentrations around 4–1,000 ppb. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to verify can lining polymer chemistry. Almost complete binding of all five of the volatile compounds studied was observed over 9–14 days at room temperature for each of the can lining chemistries. The number of time data points limited our ability to determine the order and rate constants of binding. This model system appears to be a valuable for investigating flavor binding of polymeric can lining materials. Binding of flavor compounds with polymeric can lining materials was studied. Compounds were completely bound by can lining polymers within 9–14 days. All polymers examined (polyolefin, epoxy, acrylic) bound flavors.