Bacterial cellulose as a biodegradable food packaging material: A review

P Cazón, M Vázquez - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
The relevant presence of food packaging in our society is due to its role in food preservation
and minimizing food waste along the distribution chain. However, the high consumption of …

Biopolymer-based nanocomposite films and coatings: Recent advances in shelf-life improvement of fruits and vegetables

IB Basumatary, A Mukherjee, V Katiyar… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Consumers increasingly prefer healthy and nutritious diet worldwide, and demands for fresh
fruits and vegetables are rapidly growing. Fresh produce are perishable commodities, and …

Recent advances and applications of bacterial cellulose in biomedicine

S Swingler, A Gupta, H Gibson, M Kowalczuk… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an extracellular polymer produced by Komagateibacter xylinus,
which has been shown to possess a multitude of properties, which makes it innately useful …

Bacterial cellulose in food industry: Current research and future prospects

D Lin, Z Liu, R Shen, S Chen, X Yang - International Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose, a pure exocellular polysaccharide produced by microorganisms, has
many excellent properties as compared with plant-derived cellulose, including high water …

Nanocellulose: An amazing nanomaterial with diverse applications in food science

F Zhang, R Shen, N Li, X Yang, D Lin - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, nanocellulose has gained growing interests in food science due to its many
advantages including its broad resource of raw materials, renewability, interface stability …

Innovations in the development and application of edible coatings for fresh and minimally processed Apple

K Aayush, DJ McClements, S Sharma, R Sharma… - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
The quality and safety of fresh and cut fruits deteriorate during storage due to various
chemical, physical, and microbial changes, which limits their shelf life and increases food …

Bacterial cellulose nanofibers improved the emulsifying capacity of soy protein isolate as a stabilizer for pickering high internal-phase emulsions

Z Liu, D Lin, R Shen, X Yang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we report for the first time the use of bacterial cellulose nanofibers/soy protein
isolate (BCNs/SPI) composite colloidal particles as nature materials to be an effective …

Development and characterization of chitosan/bacterial cellulose/pullulan bilayer film with sustained release curcumin

M Gan, C Guo, W Liao, X Liu, Q Wang - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
A natural biopolymer bilayer film based on chitosan and bacterial cellulose with a protective
layer of pullulan was developed by a two-step solution casting method. Curcumin was …

[HTML][HTML] Rheological behavior of cellulose nanofibers from cassava peel obtained by combination of chemical and physical processes

A Czaikoski, RL da Cunha, FC Menegalli - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
This work aimed to produce and characterize cellulose nanofibers obtained from cassava
peel with a combination of pre-treatments with acid hydrolysis or TEMPO-mediated oxidation …

Antimicrobial efficacy of nisin-loaded bacterial cellulose nanocrystals against selected meat spoilage lactic acid bacteria

STG Gedarawatte, JT Ravensdale, H Al-Salami… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed to explore the potential of bacterial cellulose nanocrystals (BCNs) loaded
with nisin against selected meat spoilage lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in vitro. BCNs were …