Advanced packaging technology for fresh fruit: from anti-damage and preservation to intelligent monitoring

Hao, Jie; Qiao, Peng; Wang, Jin; Wang, Minggang; Li, Zhiguo; Tang, Wenzhi; Fauconnier, Marie-Laure

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Advanced packaging technology for fresh fruit: from anti-damage and preservation to intelligent monitoring

Hao, Jie; Qiao, Peng; Wang, Jin et al.

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mechanical damage; preservation packaging; intelligent packaging

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[en] Background: Mechanical damage during postharvest circulation of fresh fruits remains a major obstacle limiting industry advancement. Effective packaging plays a vital role in mitigating mechanical injury, reducing spoilage, and extending shelf life. Although technologies are advancing, a systematic review is urgently needed to integrate recent progress in anti-damage, preservation, and intelligent packaging, and to support the development of more effective and sustainable packaging solutions. Scope and approach: This paper summarises the damage-causing factors including mechanical damage, physical and chemical responses and environmental factors of fresh fruits. Focusing on the core challenges of packaging, we systematically review the research of anti-damage packaging (buffer material design, compressive structure optimisation and innovation research), fresh packaging (modified-air packaging, active packaging, slow-release technology and material innovation), and intelligent packaging (freshness indicator, radio frequency identification (RFID) temperature recording, traceable labels). Key findings and conclusion: Fresh fruit packaging is in a critical leap towards interdisciplinary integration and functional integration. Modern packaging technology has shown considerable effectiveness in a wide range of applications. Anti-damage packaging enables effective control of transport vibration, impact and compression stress. Preservation packaging can significantly extend the shelf life of fruit and improve the efficiency of nutritional value retention. Intelligent packaging has achieved real-time monitoring of the quality of fresh fruit status and dynamic feedback. This review highlights the transformative potential of packaging technologies for high quality development of the modern fruit supply chain and for promoting more sustainable and data-driven fruit packaging technologies.

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Agriculture & agronomy

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Hao, Jie

Qiao, Peng

Wang, Jin

Wang, Minggang

Li, Zhiguo

Tang, Wenzhi

Fauconnier, Marie-Laure ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Chemistry for Sustainable Food and Environmental Systems (CSFES)

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English

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Advanced packaging technology for fresh fruit: from anti-damage and preservation to intelligent monitoring

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December 2025

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Trends in Food Science and Technology

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0924-2244

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1879-3053

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Elsevier

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166

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105369

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Northwest A&F University

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2025YFE0108600), and the Northwest A&F University Doctoral Candidates’ Independent Innovation Research Project Funding (No. 2025KYCXZ25).

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