Starch is a key food ingredient that can be extracted from roots, tubers, cereals, legumes and
used in a variety of industrial applications. The issue of starch has received considerable …

The increased consumption and incorrect discharge of non-biodegradable plastics is
increasingly concerning. The search for biodegradable plastics has grown, with starch films …

Several different hydrocolloids, such as starch, have been proposed as suitable base
materials (matrices) for edible films in food packaging. Edible films from native and modified …

Edible, biodegradable films based on native and phosphated cush-cush yam and cassava
starches plasticized with glycerol were developed by casting. The starches were chemically …

Taro is a major root crop utilized widely for diverse food and non-food applications. Taro
corms are processed into various forms before consumption, which makes them digestible …

Different studies have been performed on edible films. However, the surface properties and
the relationship with their properties has not been analyzed. Edible films were obtained from …

Starch was isolated from three Andean-native crops—arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza),
oca (Oxalis tuberosa), and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)—for use as a raw material for the …

Plantain flour (Musa ssp., group AAB, sub-group clone Harton) was modified by acetylation,
carboxymethylation, methylation, oxidation and phosphation, in order to determine which of …

Starch is a major source of our daily diet and it is important to understand the molecular
structure that plays a significant role in its wide number of applications. In this review article …

Functional, active and intelligent films were prepared from biopolymeric matrices (plantain
starch and pre-gelatinized plantain flour) with and without the addition of a natural filler …