EDIBLE MORPHOLINE-FREE COATING FORMULATIONS

• Main Authors: RABINOWITCH, Haim David, NUSSINOVITCH, Amos
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.03.2024
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INKS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLISHES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

Provided are coating compositions for, and methods for reducing weight loss and improving the shelf life of, post-harvest edible and non-edible plant matter. In particular, the compositions may include a hydrocolloid polymer, an edible wax, a fatty acid, an edible alkaline component essentially free of morpholine and/or ammonia, and water. The edible alkaline component allows formation of a homogeneous emulsion without the need for any additional emulsifier. The methods include applying the compositions to the surface of plant matter, and more specifically to plant matter having a natural skin, shell or tunic.