본 연구에서는 대추를 필름 형태의 식품 소재로 개발하였다. 대추 필름 제작에 고분자 분쇄 방법으로 사용된 HPH는 대추 필름의 인장 강도와 수분 투과도를 향상시켰다. 기존에 개발된 많은 다른 생고분자 필름보다 높은 인장 강도와 낮은 수분 투과도는 열접합강도와 함께 식품에 있어 HPH 대추 필름의 상업적 적용 가능성을 보여주었다. 대추 필름은 대추 고유의 형태와 크기에 제한 없이 여러 식품에 코팅 또는 롤 형태로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.
Edible films were developed from jujube (Zizyphus jujube Miller) using depolymerization processes of ultrasound and high-pressure homogenization. A 4.6% (w/w) jujube hydrocolloid was treated by ultrasound (600W, 20 min) or homogenized at high pressure (172 MPa, 6 s) and mixed with whey protein isolate, glycerol, xanthan, and sucrose esters of fatty acids to form film-forming solutions from which films were formed by drying. The film prepared by highpressure homogenization (HPH film) produced more homogeneous films without particles than those prepared without depolymerization or with the ultrasound treatment. HPH films possessed the highest tensile strength (4.7MPa), the lowest water vapor permeability ($2.9g{cdot}mm/kPa{cdot}h{cdot}m^2$), and the most uniform and dense microstructures among the films. Flavor profiles of jujube powder and the films were distinguishable. Heat seal strength and oxygen permeability of the HPH films were 44.4 N/m and $0.025mL{cdot}{mu}m/m^2$/day/Pa, respectively. Antioxidant activities of jujube power and HPH films were not significantly different.
