Natural peel extract blended moringa gum composite films for food packaging application

Moringa Gum was blend with two different natural peel extract (onion peel and potato
peel) extract to get a thin composite film by solution cast method. The morphology of
the films was studied using scanning electro n microscope. Physio mechanical properties
were analysed and compared with the pristine film. From the obtained results, it was
found that the water solubility, thickness, transparency, mechanical strength,
antibacterial activity of the prepared composite films showed better improvement when
compared to the parent film. On exact comparison, potato peel extract moringa gum
composite film gave overall best result that was followed by onion peel extract moringa
gum composite film and pure moringa gum film du e to the interaction of their
functional groups. Thus, the synthesised films will act as an ideal material for food
packaging application.