Edible polymers: An insight into its application in food, biomedicine and cosmetics

M Kouhi, MP Prabhakaran, S Ramakrishna - Trends in Food Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background With an ever increasing demand for green materials to produce new,
environmentally safe and high-quality products, edible polymers from natural polymeric …

Edible polymers: challenges and opportunities

SC Shit, PM Shah - Journal of Polymers, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Edible polymers have established substantial deliberation in modern eons because of their
benefits comprising use as edible materials over synthetic polymers. This could contribute to …

Natural polymers used in edible food packaging—History, function and application trends as a sustainable alternative to synthetic plastic

BE Teixeira-Costa, CT Andrade - Polysaccharides, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this review, a historical perspective, functional and application trends of natural polymers
used to the development of edible food packaging were presented and discussed …

The use of biopolymers in food packaging

OA Adeyeye, ER Sadiku, A Babu Reddy… - Green biopolymers and …, 2019 - Springer
From manufacturing, distribution, storage, and consumption phase of any product,
packaging materials play vital roles. They are designed to be able to safeguard, contain, and …

An overview of natural biopolymers in food packaging

S Kumar, IB Basumatary, A Mukherjee… - Biopolymer‐Based …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of various biopolymers and their
properties and applications in food packaging and preservation. Biopolymers can be …

Advances in bio-nanocomposite materials for food packaging: a review

N Kumar, P Kaur, S Bhatia - Nutrition & Food Science, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to acquaint the readers with recent developments in
biopolymer-based food packaging materials like natural biopolymers (such as starches and …

Active edible films: Current state and future trends

C Mellinas, A Valdés, M Ramos… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Active edible films represent one of the current and future trends in the development of new
polymers for selected applications, particularly food packaging. Some biopolymers show …

Biopolymer: A sustainable material for food and medical applications

J Baranwal, B Barse, A Fais, GL Delogu, A Kumar - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biopolymers are a leading class of functional material suitable for high-value applications
and are of great interest to researchers and professionals across various disciplines …

Biopolymers as food packaging materials

R Grujić, D Vujadinović, D Savanović - Advances in applications of …, 2017 - Springer
This review examines the recent trends, current technology and future challenges in
applications of biopolymers as food packaging materials, together with potential solutions …

Polysaccharides and proteins based bionanocomposites as smart packaging materials: from fabrication to food packaging applications a review

A Ali, S Bairagi, SA Ganie, S Ahmed - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food industry is the biggest and rapidly growing industries all over the world. This sector
consumes around 40% of the total plastic produced worldwide as packaging material. The …