Antioxidants from red wine could help cut food waste

Most of us have had the unfortunate experience of discovering some leaky, moulding fruit at the bottom of a plastic carton. Now, researchers may have a solution: a flexible nanofiber mat, infused with antioxidants isolated from red wine, could help tackle this inconvenience—along with the enormous challenge of global food waste. 

Several million tons of food are wasted around the world every year, partly due to spoilage. One of the biggest culprits behind that spoilage is oxidation, a natural process that occurs when air that comes into contact with food and sets off a chain of molecular reactions, triggering the release of new compounds—which is what makes food turn brown, go soft, emit unpleasant odours and generally become unpalatable. 

Read full story here: https://anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/05/a-nanofiber-antioxidant-mat-in-food-trays-could-help-cut-waste/