The invention provides
chitosan for
food packaging, a preparation method of the
chitosan and a preparation method of a
food packaging film, and belongs to the field of
food engineering.The preparation method of the
chitosan comprises the steps that natural
pigment is added into N, N-
dimethylformamide, stirring is conducted till the natural
pigment is completely dissolved, and a
pigment solution is obtained; dissolving chitosan in a glacial
acetic acid aqueous solution, and fully swelling to form a transparent solution; dropwise adding the pigment solution into the transparent solution at
room temperature, and uniformly stirring and mixing to obtain a mixture; adding a sufficient amount of a
formaldehyde solution into the mixture until the reaction is completed, dropwise adding a
sodium hydroxide solution to enable a product to form a precipitate, collecting the precipitate, and washing and freeze-
drying the precipitate to obtain chitosan
powder; wherein the natural pigment comprises
curcumin and
alizarin. The chitosan prepared by the method can improve the dispersibility of natural pigments in a film, improve the fixation mode of the pigments, avoid migration and loss, improve the light and
heat stability of the natural pigments, improve the
structural stability and mechanical properties of the film, and realize the double functions of preservation and indication.