Developing environmentally friendly and sustainable packaging materials is a major
challenge in food packaging. Advances in the design of biopolymer composites for …

Pectin is an abundant complex polysaccharide obtained from various plants. Safe,
biodegradable, and edible pectin has been extensively utilized in the food industry as a …

Active food packaging is crucial nowadays due to the rising consumer demands for less
processed and preservative-free foods. Also, due to growing concern and overuse of …

Regardless of the considerable progress in properties and versatility of synthetic polymers,
their low biodegradability and lack of environmentally-friendly character remains a critical …

Abstract pH-responsive pectin-based functional films have been prepared by incorporating
curcumin and sulfur nanoparticles (SNP). FTIR and SEM results indicated that curcumin and …

Packaging is an integral part of food products, allowing the preservation of their quality. It
plays an important role, protecting the packed product from external conditions, maintaining …

Pectin is a structural heteropolysaccharide found ubiquitously in terrestrial plants. It finds
diverse food applications such as that of a gelling agent, stabilizer, and fat replacer. In the …

Edible films were prepared using various pectin and pullulan mixing ratios and evaluated for
their properties in food packaging applications. FTIR characterization showed that an …

Plastics are the most utilized materials for product packaging in most manufacturing
industries, from electronics to food and fashion accessories. However, numerous challenges …

Herein, a novel nanobiocomposite scaffold based on modifying synthesized cross-linked
terephthaloyl thiourea-chitosan hydrogel (CTT-CS hydrogel) substrate using the extracted …