Sustainable and bio-based food packaging: A review on past and current design innovations

F Versino, F Ortega, Y Monroy, S Rivero, OV López… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Food loss and waste occur for many reasons, from crop processing to household leftovers.
Even though some waste generation is unavoidable, a considerable amount is due to …

[HTML][HTML] Edible films and coatings for food packaging applications: A review

L Kumar, D Ramakanth, K Akhila… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2022 - Springer
Food preservation technologies are currently facing challenges in prolonging the shelf life of
perishable food products. The uses of edible films and coatings developed from food …

A comprehensive review of biodegradable polymer-based films and coatings and their food packaging applications

V Gupta, D Biswas, S Roy - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Food sectors are facing issues as a result of food scarcity, which is exacerbated by rising
populations and demand for food. Food is ordinarily wrapped and packaged using …

Application of edible coating in extension of fruit shelf life

TT Pham, LLP Nguyen, MS Dam, L Baranyai - AgriEngineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the past few decades, fruits have been increasingly consumed, leading to an increase in
global fruit production. However, fresh produce is susceptible to large losses during …

Recent advance in edible coating and its effect on fresh/fresh-cut fruits quality

B Maringgal, N Hashim, ISMA Tawakkal… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the capability of edible
coatings for preserving the quality and prolonging the shelf life of fresh/fresh-cut fruits …

Trends and advances in edible biopolymer coating for tropical fruit: A review

SM Nor, P Ding - Food Research International, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, many of the tropical fruits have been commercialized worldwide due to
increasing demand. In 2018, global tropical fruit has reached an unprecedented peak of 7.1 …

Aloe vera gel, an excellent base material for edible films and coatings

AA Maan, ZFR Ahmed, MKI Khan, A Riaz… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Edible films/coatings are thin layers of eatable materials which, when applied to
foods, can modify the exchange of molecules between food and environment as well as …

Advances in formulation, functionality, and application of edible coatings on fresh produce and fresh-cut products: A review

N Firdous, F Moradinezhad, F Farooq, M Dorostkar - Food chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing population of the world food demand is also increasing but
unfortunately, many countries in the world are lacking suitable and economical postharvest …

Aloe vera gel coating delays postharvest browning and maintains quality of harvested litchi fruit

S Ali, AS Khan, A Nawaz, MA Anjum, S Naz… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Postharvest surface browning is the leading constraint for extension of shelf life and
marketing of litchi fruit. In the present work, litchi fruit were treated with Aloe vera (ALV) gel …

Natural plant extracts: an update about novel spraying as an alternative of chemical pesticides to extend the postharvest shelf life of fruits and vegetables

MU Shahbaz, M Arshad, K Mukhtar, BG Nabi… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fresh fruits and vegetables, being the source of important vitamins, minerals, and other plant
chemicals, are of boundless importance these days. Although in agriculture, the green …