Environmental impact of food packaging materials: A review of contemporary development from conventional plastics to polylactic acid based materials

LK Ncube, AU Ude, EN Ogunmuyiwa, R Zulkifli… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plastics have remained the material of choice, and after serving their intended purpose, a
large proportion ends up in the environment where they persist for centuries. The packaging …

Health benefits of fermented foods

N Şanlier, BB Gökcen, AC Sezgin - Critical reviews in food science …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In the past, the beneficial effects of fermented foods on health were unknown, and so people
primarily used fermentation to preserve foods, enhance shelf life, and improve flavour …

Need for sustainable packaging: an overview

ID Ibrahim, Y Hamam, ER Sadiku, JM Ndambuki… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Packaging materials are a significant part of our lives due to their daily usage at grocery
stores, supermarkets, restaurants, pharmaceuticals, etc. Packaging plays an important role …

Biosensors for sustainable food engineering: challenges and perspectives

S Neethirajan, V Ragavan, X Weng, R Chand - Biosensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Current food production faces tremendous challenges from growing human population,
maintaining clean resources and food qualities, and protecting climate and environment …

Recyclability and redesign challenges in multilayer flexible food packaging—A review

AS Bauer, M Tacker, I Uysal-Unalan, RMS Cruz… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multilayer flexible food packaging is under pressure to redesign for recyclability. Most
multilayer films are not sorted and recycled with the currently available infrastructure, which …

Alternative protein sources and novel foods: benefits, food applications and safety issues

L Quintieri, C Nitride, E De Angelis, A Lamonaca… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing size of the human population and the shortage of highly valuable
proteinaceous ingredients has prompted the international community to scout for new …

A Comprehensive Review of Moringa oleifera Bioactive Compounds—Cytotoxicity Evaluation and Their Encapsulation

OL Pop, AD Kerezsi, C Ciont - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Moringa oleifera Lam. has gained a lot of attention due to its potential use as a functional
food not only for human health but also for animal health. Its bioactive molecules include …

Thermostable cellulases/xylanases from thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms: current perspective

SB Ajeje, Y Hu, G Song, SB Peter, RG Afful… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The bioconversion of lignocellulose into monosaccharides is critical for ensuring the
continual manufacturing of biofuels and value-added bioproducts. Enzymatic degradation …

Food-grade oleogels: Trends in analysis, characterization, and applicability

S Perța-Crișan, CȘ Ursachi, BD Chereji, I Tolan… - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Currently, a large number of scientific articles can be found in the research literature in the
field focusing on the use of oleogels for food formulation to improve their nutritional …

Early detection of stripe rust in winter wheat using deep residual neural networks

M Schirrmann, N Landwehr, A Giebel, A Garz… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Stripe rust (Pst) is a major disease of wheat crops leading untreated to severe yield losses.
The use of fungicides is often essential to control Pst when sudden outbreaks are imminent …