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For consumers and the food industry, monitoring food freshness poses significant challenges. This study successfully developed a smart composite film (PDTS-CEO-Cur) based on high amylose tigernut starch (TNS) to extend beef shelf-life and enable freshness monitoring. After 4 h of debranching TNS with pullulanase, the amylose content reached 48.81 %, and the resulting film's tensile strength doubled. The composite film demonstrated remarkable antibacterial and antioxidant properties by incorporating cinnamon essential oil (CEO) and curcumin (Cur). Specifically, the PDTS-CEO-Cur film exhibited a notably high DPPH scavenging rate of 44.36 % in a fat simulant. It also exhibited potent antibacterial activity, with inhibition zones of 9.24 mm and 10.26 mm against and , respectively. During the storage of beef, the PDTS-CEO-Cur film effectively delayed the increase in TVB-N values. Furthermore, the film's color transitioned from orange to dark orange, providing a visual indicator of beef freshness.
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State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Changping, 102249, China. Electronic address:
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School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China. Electronic address:
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State Key Laboratory of Advanced Paper making and Paper-based Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510640, PR China.
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Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, 7098 Liuxian Boulevard, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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