Food preservation technologies are currently facing challenges in prolonging the shelf life of
perishable food products. The uses of edible films and coatings developed from food …

Novel food packaging techniques are an important area of research to promote food quality
and safety. There is a trend towards environmentally sustainable and edible forms of …

For many years, conventional plastics are manufactured and used for packaging
applications in different sectors. As the food industries are increasing, the demand for …

Online purchasing, and hence e-commerce packaging production and use, have grown
steadily in recent years, and so has their environmental impact as a result. This paper …

Background Consumer concern on the use of naturally-occurring antimicrobials from plants,
microorganisms and animal sources continues to grow daily, mostly triggered by the …

Food packaging is an important area of food research due to its prime role in the protection
and containment of foodstuffs. Traditionally petroleum-derived polymers fulfill the lion's …

The global food processing industries represent a challenge and a risk to the environment
due to the poor handling of residues, which are often discarded as waste without being used …

The use of polysaccharide-based materials presents an eco-friendly technological solution,
by reducing dependence on fossil resources while reducing a product's carbon footprint …

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 …

The development of active packaging films and edible coatings based on biopolymers and
natural bioactive substances has received increasing attention in recent years. Propolis …