Starch-based films: Major factors affecting their properties

R Thakur, P Pristijono, CJ Scarlett, M Bowyer… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Starch is the most popular plant polysaccharides, which has been widely used for the
development of edible coating films because of its abundance, cost-effectiveness, and …

Scaling up difficulties and commercial aspects of edible films for food packaging: A review

JJ Jeevahan, M Chandrasekaran… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Edible food packaging, produced from edible polymers, is a kind of packaging
suitable for human consumption along with the contained food. Despite many advantages …

Major factors affecting the characteristics of starch based biopolymer films

S Agarwal - European Polymer Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Starch is the most important widely spread polysaccharide used for the synthesis of
biopolymer film. Renewable source, abundance, cost effectiveness and excellent film …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of glycerol and sorbitol concentrations on mechanical, optical, and barrier properties of sweet potato starch film

L Ballesteros-Mártinez, C Pérez-Cervera… - NFS journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The search to improve the characteristics of biomaterials obtained from natural biopolymers
such as starch has led to the use of mixtures of various polymers with plasticizing agents …

Functionality and applicability of starch-based films: An eco-friendly approach

SP Bangar, SS Purewal, M Trif, S Maqsood, M Kumar… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
The accumulation of high amounts of petro-based plastics is a growing environmental
devastation issue, leading to the urgent need to innovate eco-safe packaging materials at an …

Preparation and characterization of mung bean starch edible films using citric acid as cross-linking agent

S Yao, BJ Wang, YM Weng - Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 2022 - Elsevier
Mung bean starch (MBS) with high amylose content is good for fabrication of edible films. To
further improve the hydrophilicity of MBS films, the effects of natural cross-linker citric acid …

Development of plasticized edible films from Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage: A comparative study of various polyol plasticizers

R Gheribi, L Puchot, P Verge, N Jaoued-Grayaa… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mucilage polysaccharide was extracted from Opuntia ficus-indica cladodes (Cactaceae) and
its composition was determined by sugar analysis using HPLC-RID and its structural …

Heat-sealing property of cassava starch film plasticized with glycerol and sorbitol

WS Lim, SY Ock, GD Park, IW Lee, MH Lee… - Food Packaging and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Here, we investigated the effects of plasticizers on the physicochemical properties,
crystallinity, and heat sealability of cassava starch films. An increase in the content of sorbitol …

High-amylose starch: Structure, functionality and applications

Y Zhong, L Tai, A Blennow, L Ding… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Starch with a high amylose (AM) content (high AM starch, HAS) has attracted increasing
research attention due to its industrial application potential, such as functional foods and …

[HTML][HTML] Design of heat sealable starch-chitosan bioplastics reinforced with reduced graphene oxide for active food packaging

Z Alves, NM Ferreira, P Ferreira, C Nunes - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Interest in producing films from renewable and biodegradable polymers, such as
polysaccharides, has increased in recent years with the aim of reducing the environmental …