Over the last years, considerable research has been conducted to develop and apply edible
films and coatings made from a variety of agricultural commodities and/or wastes of food …

Innovations constantly appear in food packaging, always aiming at creating a more efficient
quality preservation system while improving foods' attractiveness and marketability. The …

Xylans and mannans are abundant plant cell wall polysaccharides that can potentially be
recovered in large quantities from side-streams of the agriculture and forestry industry. The …

Single-use plastics are a major threat to the environment and human health. Prioritizing
sustainable and nature-derived biodegradable materials to develop edible films and …

Chitosan is a biopolymer, which is an amino polysaccharide derived from the N-
deacetylation of chitin. It is a natural polymer because of the presence of degradable …

Despite the exploration towards the environmentally friendly manufacturing process, two
main challenges remain for lactic acid synthesis by microbial fermentation: resource cost …

Hydrocolloids (or gums) belong to a group of biopolymers widely used in food technology. In
the bakery industry, these compounds help to improve food texture and moisture retention …

The aim of this study was to evaluate tara gum as edible film material as well as the
influence of polyols as plasticizers on the properties of the films. Thermomechanical …

Films were prepared from guar gum and locust bean gum galactomannans. In addition,
enzymatic modification was applied to guar gum to obtain structurally different …

Agar has numerous applications in biomedical and biopharmaceutical fields in gel form.
However the hard and tough nature of agar films and their vulnerability to microbial attacks …