PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel food packaging technology capable of dramatically enhancing performance of antibacterial, mildew, deodorization or the like, largely extending effective periods thereof and markedly enhancing performance of holding freshness of foods.SOLUTION: There are provided: a coating for food packaging by mixing a proper amount of a fixing agent of at least one of a viscosity material and a thickener, water and ethyl alcohol with a polyphenol starch saccharide mixture P obtained by mixing a starch saccharide of one of trehalose (registered trademark) and cyclodextrin with polyphenol, at least one kind of PEX-α, PEX-αs, PEX-γc, PEX-β, PEX-δ (all of the are trade name) in unsaturated 7-membered cyclic compound (monocyclic monoterpene); and a food packaging container with a sterilization coating film arranged by fixing a coating liquid containing the coating for food packaging as a main component on a part or all of an inner wall of a container body contactably facing foods to be packaged.SELECTED DRAWING: None【課題】抗菌、防黴、防臭などの性能を格段に高め、しかもその有効期間を大幅に延長し、食品類の鮮度を保持する性能を一段と高めることができる新たな食品用包装技術を提供する。【解決手段】ポリフェノールであって不飽和七員環化合物(単環式モノテルペン)におけるPEX-α、PEX-αs、PEX-γc、PEX-β、PEX-δ(何れも商品名)の少なくとも何れか1種に、トレハロース(登録商標)およびサイクロデキストリンの少なくとも何れか一方の澱粉糖を混合したポリフェノール・澱粉糖混合物Pに、粘料および増粘剤の少なくとも何れか一方の定着剤と、水と、エチルアルコールとを適量ずつ混合してなる食品包装用塗料、および、それを主要成分とする塗料液を、包装対象食品に接触可能に対峙する該容器本体内側壁の一部または全部に定着し、滅菌塗装膜を設けてなる食品用包装容器である。【選択図】なし