Non-biodegradable plastics are continually amassing landfills and oceans worldwide while
creating severe environmental issues and hazards to animal and human health. Plastic …

Innovations in food packaging systems will help meet the evolving needs of the market, such
as consumer preference for “healthy” and high‐quality food products and reduction of the …

Recently, many scientists and polymer engineers have been working on eco-friendly
materials for starch-based food packaging purposes, which are based on biopolymers, due …

The production of sustainable food packaging from renewable sources represents a
prominent alternative to the use of petrochemical-based plastics. For example, starch …

Background Biodegradable packaging from natural biopolymers can be further enhanced
with antimicrobial and antioxidant agents to form active packaging. Scope and approach …

Abstract Background Essential oils (EOs) extracted from plants have been the focus of
numerous researches due to their potential in the food and pharmaceutical industries and …

Sustainable food packaging is a necessary element to ensure the success of a food system,
the accomplishment of which is weighed in terms of quality retention and ensured products …

Chitosan/gelatin-based functional films were fabricated by incorporating cinnamon essential
oil (CEO) and rutin for active packaging application. The functional fillers were evenly …

The massive use of synthetic plastics, in particular in the food packaging area, has a great
environmental impact, and alternative more ecologic materials are being required. Poly …

The aim of this study was to develop sodium alginate based active films incorporated with
essential oils (EO) of R. officinalis L, A. herba alba Asso, O. basilicum L and M. pulegium L …