NanoPack: State-of-the-art packaging to improve food safety and reduce food waste

NanoPack is an exciting new Horizon-2020 funded project aiming to develop and demonstrate antimicrobial food packaging films based on natural nanomaterials to extend the shelf-life of perishable foods. Harnessing the power of nanotechnology, natural Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) will be applied as reliable and safe carriers of bioactive compounds. These will be dispersed in polymers, to produce plastic films which will exhibit a broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, unmet by existing state-of-the-art materials. The resulting films will be used to develop active packaging for use across a range of food products. The project will develop, scale up and run pilot lines in operational industrial environments to manufacture antimicrobial films that are commercially feasible and accepted by retailers and consumers alike.