HE Jin-feng,LIN Qin-bao,REN Ji-zhou,et al.Overall Migration and Calcium Migration from Biodegraded Polylactic Acid Composite Films into Food Simulant[J].Journal of Instrumental Analysis,2021,40(11):1639-1644.
HE Jin-feng,LIN Qin-bao,REN Ji-zhou,et al.Overall Migration and Calcium Migration from Biodegraded Polylactic Acid Composite Films into Food Simulant[J].Journal of Instrumental Analysis,2021,40(11):1639-1644. DOI: 10.19969/j.fxcsxb.21080602.
Overall Migration and Calcium Migration from Biodegraded Polylactic Acid Composite Films into Food Simulant
While biodegradable plastics continually exhibit many excellent properties,their safety has been increasingly concerned.In this study,the migration risk of calcium in food contact degradation composite film was evaluated,with polylactic acid(PLA) and polylactic acid/poly(butyleneadipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) as the substrates and calcium carbonate (CaCO,3,) as the inorganic filler.The calcium concentrations in five kinds of PLA/PBAT/CaCO,3, composite films with various contents of CaCO,3, were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry(ICP-OES).Meanwhile, the PLA/PBAT/CaCO,3, films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM).The overall migration of PLA/PBAT/CaCO,3, films into three food simulants(3% acetic acid,10% ethanol,95% ethanol) were investigated,and the relationship between the overall migration results and the calcium content was explored.Migrations of calcium from PLA/PBAT/CaCO,3, films into the acidic food stimulant of 3% acetic acid at 40 ℃/24 h and 70 ℃/2 h were investigated,respectively.Furthermore,effect of ultraviolet aging treatment on the migration was also studied.Results showed that the overall migration of the five composite films into 95% ethanol was higher than that into 10% ethanol,and the overall migration into 3% acetic acid exceeded the overall migration limit(OML),which may lead to food safety risks.The overall migration was mainly affected by CaCO,3,,and the calcium concentration had a linear relationship with the overall migration into 3% acetic acid.With the increase of CaCO,3, content,different degrees of agglomeration occurred on the surface of the films,while the migration of calcium was affected by the agglomeration.For all the composite films with different CaCO,3, contents,the migration equilibriums were obtained in a short time(40 ℃,4 h).The long time(more than 24 h) UV aging for composite film inhibited the calcium migration due to the cross-linking of PBAT.The safety of these biodegradable composite films as food contact materials is worth further study.