Real-time shrimp freshness detection by anthocyanin-enriched wheat gluten/gelatin electrospun nanofiber films

Meiyu Chen; Tianyi Yan; Qinbo Jiang; Jiawen Li; Usman Ali; Yinuo Miao; Shahzad Farooq; Yaqin Hu; Hui Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142542

Real-time shrimp freshness detection by anthocyanin-enriched wheat gluten/gelatin electrospun nanofiber films

Food Chem. 2024 Dec 18:469:142542. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142542. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Meiyu Chen¹, Tianyi Yan², Qinbo Jiang³, Jiawen Li³, Usman Ali³, Yinuo Miao³, Shahzad Farooq⁴, Yaqin Hu⁵, Hui Zhang⁶

Affiliations

¹ College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China; College of Food Science and Engineering, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Marine Food Engineering Technology Research Center of Hainan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Food Deep Processing, Hainan Key Laboratory of Herpetological Research, Sanya 572022, PR China.
² College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China; Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
⁴ Jiaxing Institute of Future Food, Jiaxing 314050, PR China.
⁵ College of Food Science and Engineering, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Marine Food Engineering Technology Research Center of Hainan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Food Deep Processing, Hainan Key Laboratory of Herpetological Research, Sanya 572022, PR China. Electronic address: 1004346262@qq.com.
⁶ College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China. Electronic address: hubert0513@zju.edu.cn.

PMID: 39721440
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142542

Abstract

Electrospun nanofiber films exhibited significant potential as food freshness indicators (FFI) due to their structural advantages. Herein, a novel electrospinning film based on wheat gluten (WG), gelatin, and anthocyanins was fabricated to detect the freshness of shrimp. Compared with pure WG, an adjusted ratio of the WG to gelatin (W16E9, 16:9) improved physicochemical properties, reducing viscosity from 3.56 to 2.75 Pa.s and increasing conductivity from 1.53 to 2.06 mS/cm. SEM showed a transition from bead-like to fibrous morphology (691.6 nm diameter). The films exhibited improved thermal properties, and increased water solubility from 38 % to 45 %. The anthocyanin-enriched film (W16E9A2) maintained a stable purple-red color at -18, 4 and 25 °C for 14 days. It showed sensitivity to acetic acid and ammonia within 40 s, correlating with TVB-N and TVC in shrimp (R² = 0.988 and 0.962), distinguishing freshness within 36 h. This work provided a viable protein-based anthocyanin nanofiber film as FFI.

Keywords: Anthocyanin; Electrospinning; Food freshness Indicator; Nanofiber film; Wheat gluten.