An overview- Is mycellium composite foam can be used as a food packaging
Rahma Yanti T, Muhammad Asfar, Andi Dirpan

Department of Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar 90245, Indonesia

Abstract

Fungus are the largest organism that exist on earth. It has mycelium which is able to remodel plant cell walls consisting of lignin lignocellulose and cellulose. The ability of this mushroom mycelium is an interesting advantage to research. The use of mushroom to make food packaging that comes from agricultural waste such as sawdust, cotton plant, rice straw, wheat straw, and husks. Through the process of mixing the ingredients, inoculating the fungus, incubating it for mycelium growth, then drying it and finally getting mold foam. The basic material and materials that make up the foam produced can replace the polystyrene material currently widely used as a packaging material. The structure of the mycelium foam which is almost the same as polystyrene, a promising innovation to be researched.

Keywords: Mushroom mycelium foam, agricultural waste, mycelium, polystyrene, food packaging

Topic: Food Processing and Packaging