Starch-based biodegradable packaging materials: A review of their preparation, characterization and diverse applications in the food industry

H Cheng, L Chen, DJ McClements, T Yang… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Synthetic plastics are extremely versatile and convenient materials that can be
used to create a diversity of useful products, but their widespread use is causing increasing …

Edible films from pectin: Physical-mechanical and antimicrobial properties-A review

PJP Espitia, WX Du, R de Jesús Avena-Bustillos… - Food hydrocolloids, 2014 - Elsevier
Pectin is one of the main components of the plant cell wall chemically constituted by poly α1–
4-galacturonic acids. According to its degree of esterification with methanol, pectin can be …

Changes in conformation and quality of vegetable protein during texturization process by extrusion

J Zhang, L Liu, H Liu, A Yoon, SSH Rizvi… - Critical reviews in food …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Texturized Vegetable Protein (TVP), as meat analogs, has garnered attention due
to the nutritional advantages it offers over conventional animal proteins. During the extrusion …

Biodegradable polymers

I Vroman, L Tighzert - Materials, 2009 - mdpi.com
Biodegradable materials are used in packaging, agriculture, medicine and other areas. In
recent years there has been an increase in interest in biodegradable polymers. Two classes …

Recent advances in biopolymers and biopolymer-based nanocomposites for food packaging materials

XZ Tang, P Kumar, S Alavi… - Critical reviews in food …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Plastic packaging for food and non-food applications is non-biodegradable, and also uses
up valuable and scarce non-renewable resources like petroleum. With the current focus on …

Thermal processing of starch-based polymers

H Liu, F Xie, L Yu, L Chen, L Li - Progress in polymer science, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the thermal processing of starch-based polymers, including both
fundamental science such as microstructure, phase transition and rheology, as well as …

Valorization and application of fruit and vegetable wastes and by-products for food packaging materials

B Bayram, G Ozkan, T Kostka, E Capanoglu… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The important roles of food packaging are food protection and preservation during
processing, transportation, and storage. Food can be altered biologically, chemically, and …

Rheology to understand and optimize processibility, structures and properties of starch polymeric materials

F Xie, PJ Halley, L Avérous - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the state of the art in the field of the rheology of starch polymers,
including specially designed rheometric techniques and complex rheology as influenced by …

Development of polyion-complex hydrogels as an alternative approach for the production of bio-based polymers for food packaging applications: a review

S Farris, KM Schaich, LS Liu, L Piergiovanni… - Trends in food science & …, 2009 - Elsevier
Development of packaging materials from renewable resources has for a long time been
desirable for sustainability reasons, but with recent explosion in prices of petroleum …

Rheological properties of starches with different amylose/amylopectin ratios

F Xie, L Yu, B Su, P Liu, J Wang, H Liu, L Chen - Journal of cereal science, 2009 - Elsevier
The rheological properties of corn starches with different amylose/amylopectin ratios (80/20,
50/50, 23/77, and 0/100) were systematically studied by Haake rheometry. The starches …