The present study was conducted to evaluate the shelf- life of paneer wrapped with oregano essential oil treated starch and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) based edible packaging film. The edible film was prepared by adding starch (5g), carboxymethyl cellulose (15 % W/W starch) in distilled water (100mL) and glycerol (40ml/100g starch). Physicochemical, microbiological and sensory properties at (4±1°C) till spoilage was evaluated for paneer samples. | 2020 9 6 2234-2242 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 6 2020 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Effect of Edible Packaging Film Treated with Essential Oil of Oregano in Extending the Shelf Life of Paneer Saurabh Karunamay Shekhar R. Badhe Vivek Shulka Poonam A. Pawar Department of Livestock Products Technology Mumbai Veterinary College MAFSU Mumbai Maharashtra India Corresponding author ABSTRACT The present study was conducted to evaluate the shelf- life of paneer wrapped with oregano essential oil treated starch and carboxymethyl Keywords cellulose CMC based edible packaging film. The edible film was prepared by adding starch 5g carboxymethyl cellulose 15 W W starch in Paneer Oregano distilled water 100mL and glycerol 40ml 100g starch . Physico- essential oil CMC Starch Shelf-life chemical microbiological and sensory properties at 4 1 C till spoilage was evaluated for paneer samples. Control sample was unacceptable after Article Info 5th day of storage for sensory evaluation and found microbiologically unfit Accepted on 9th day of storage. The paneer packed in edible film treated with 18 May 2020 oregano essential oil was found bland on 10th day of sensory evaluation but Available Online 10 June 2020 found microbiologically fine at 12th day of storage. The results revealed that paneer packed in edible film treated with oregano essential oil was found microbiologically safe for at least 12 days as compared to 5-6 days for control sample at 4 1 C. Introduction refrigeration though its freshness is lost within 3 days Bhattacharya et al. 1971 . Paneer refers as a dairy product obtained from Retort packaging vacuum packaging and the cow or buffalo milk or a combination many more modern packaging methods have there of by coagulation with sour milk lactic been developed to increase the shelf life of acid .
