Developing environmentally friendly and sustainable packaging materials is a major
challenge in food packaging. Advances in the design of biopolymer composites for …

Background High rate of water loss and rapid respiration cause significant decrease in
firmness, turgor, crunchiness, and weight loss resulting in rapid postharvest quality …

Raising environmental awareness had forced researchers to explore the potential and
implementation of environmentally friendly materials as alternatives for conventional …

To address the limitation of strong hydrophilicity of edible films, starch/gelatin (S/G) films
incorporated with natural waxes (beeswax (BW), candelilla wax (CL), and carnauba wax …

Food packaging plays a fundamental role in the modern food industry as a main process to
preserve the quality of food products from manufacture to consumption. New food packaging …

This study investigated the effects of bio-nanocomposite coatings developed using
arrowroot starch (AA), cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), carnauba wax nanoemulsion (CWN) …

Abstract Development of new food packaging materials is crucial to reduce the use of single-
use plastics and to limit their destructive impact on the environment. Polysaccharides …

Biodegradable packaging materials generally comprise a solution to the environmental
problem caused by the consecutive use of conventional packaging materials (petroleum …

Petroleum-based food packaging materials are non-degradable and considerably affect the
environment. In this context, edible films and coatings for food preservation represent a …

Thermoplastic starch is a potentially sustainable and biodegradable material. However, it
possesses some limitations in terms of mechanical performance and high moisture …