Edible films and coatings as food-quality preservers: An overview

E Díaz-Montes, R Castro-Muñoz - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Food preservation technologies are currently facing important challenges at extending the
shelf-life of perishable food products (eg, meat, fish, milk, eggs, and many raw fruits and …

Probiotics and their potential applications in active edible films and coatings

PJP Espitia, RA Batista, HMC Azeredo… - Food Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
The global market for probiotics has been increasingly growing in recent years guided by
the rising consumers' demand for healthy diets and wellness. This has caused food …

Edible and functionalized films/coatings—Performances and perspectives

SM Avramescu, C Butean, CV Popa, A Ortan, I Moraru… - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, food packaging has evolved from an inert and polluting waste that remains
after using the product toward an active item that can be consumed along with the food it …

Edible films and coatings as carriers of living microorganisms: A new strategy towards biopreservation and healthier foods

A Guimaraes, L Abrunhosa… - … Reviews in Food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Edible films and coatings have been extensively studied in recent years due to their unique
properties and advantages over more traditional conservation techniques. Edible films and …

Probiotic incorporation in edible films and coatings: Bioactive solution for functional foods

F Pavli, C Tassou, GJE Nychas… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, the consumption of food products containing probiotics, has increased
worldwide due to concerns regarding healthy diet and wellbeing. This trend has received a …

Development and characterization of alginate/pectin edible films containing Lactobacillus plantarum KMC 45

D Shahrampour, M Khomeiri, SMA Razavi, M Kashiri - Lwt, 2020 - Elsevier
The incorporation of probiotic cells in thin-layer edible films is a new strategy for
development of functional foods. In this study, the effect of plasticizers type (glycerol and …

[HTML][HTML] Whey protein isolate-and carrageenan-based edible films as carriers of different probiotic bacteria

E Sogut, BE Filiz, AC Seydim - Journal of Dairy Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of polymer blends as carriers for probiotic cells or using multi-strain probiotic culture
mixture in film formulations has a high potential to maintain the stability of probiotics …

Novel functional blueberries: Fructo-oligosaccharides and probiotic lactobacilli incorporated into alginate edible coatings

MF Bambace, MV Alvarez… - Food Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Minimally processed fruits are an alternative to dairy products to deliver probiotics. Bio-
protection against several factors that affect their viability has been proposed in the food …

Edible films and coatings functionalization by probiotic incorporation: A review

OL Pop, CR Pop, M Dufrechou, DC Vodnar, SA Socaci… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Edible coatings and films represent an alternative packaging system characterized by being
more environment-and customer-friendly than conventional systems of food protection …

Use of an exopolysaccharide-based edible coating and lactic acid bacteria with antifungal activity to preserve the postharvest quality of cherry tomato

A Álvarez, JJ Manjarres, C Ramírez, G Bolívar - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the main causes of cherry tomato postharvest loss is diseases caused by food-
contaminating fungi. Edible coatings (ECs) can preserve the quality of this crop and can …