Container for a consumable good, coated with antioxidant-containing layer
AssigneeIP 2 Intelligent Packaging (Germany) Ug (Haftungsbeschrankt)
InventorsSteven John Anthony Barics, Gregory John Charles Stokes
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Abstract
The invention relates to a container for a consumable good having an inner coating layer comprising an antioxidant, a process for preparing such a container, the use of such container for the storage of a consumable good, and the use of an antioxidant as an additive to a coating layer of such container.
Claims20
An unused container for a consumable good, wherein an inner surface of the unused container, before being filled with the consumable good, is at least partially coated with a coating layer comprising an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of vitamins, vitamin cofactors, hormones, carotenoid terpenoids, phenols, polyphenols, phenolic acids, phenolic esters, non-flavonoid phenolics, flavonoids, tannins, retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, stilbenoids, resveratrol, other organic antioxidants, and mixtures thereof, wherein a concentration of the antioxidant differs through a cross-section of the coating layer.
A process for preparing an unused container for a consumable good comprising:
- a) providing the unused container comprising an inner surface;
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- b) before filling the unused container with the consumable good, providing a coating layer on the inner surface of the container, wherein the coating layer comprises an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of vitamins, vitamin cofactors, hormones, carotenoid terpenoids, phenols, polyphenols, phenolic acids, phenolic esters, non-flavonoid phenolics, flavonoids, tannins, retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, stilbenoids, resveratrol, other organic antioxidants, and mixtures thereof, wherein a concentration of the antioxidant differs through a cross-section of the coating layer.
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