Food Packaging: Advanced Materials, Technologies, and Innovations is a one-stop reference for packaging materials researchers working across various industries. With chapters written by leading international researchers from industry, academia, government, and private research institutions, this book offers a broad view of important developments in food packaging.
- Presents an extensive survey of food packaging materials and modern technologies
- Demonstrates the potential of various materials for use in demanding applications
- Discusses the use of polymers, composites, nanotechnology, hybrid materials, coatings, wood-based, and other materials in packaging
- Describes biodegradable packaging, antimicrobial studies, and environmental issues related to packaging materials
- Offers current status, trends, opportunities, and future directions
Aimed at advanced students, research scholars, and professionals in food packaging development, this application-oriented book will help expand the reader’s knowledge of advanced materials and their use of innovation in food packaging.
This book acts a one-stop reference for packaging materials researchers working across various industries. With chapters written by leading international researchers from industry, academia, and government and private research institutions, it offers a broad view of important developments in food packaging.
Chapter 1 Bio-Based Materials for Active Food Packaging: Dream or
Reality........ 1
Ângelo Luís, Fernanda Domingues, and Filomena Silva
Chapter 2 Biodegradable Films for Food
Packaging...........................................83
Haniyeh Rostamzad
Chapter 3 Recent Advances in the Production of Multilayer
Biodegradable
Films........................................................................
. 103
Daiane Nogueira, Gabriel da Silva Filipini and
Vilásia Guimarães Martins
Chapter 4 Environmental Issues Related to Packaging
Materials..................... 127
Sandhya Alice Varghese, Sanjay M.R, Senthilkumar K.,
Sabarish Radoor, Suchart Siengchin, and
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai
Chapter 5 Antimicrobial Studies on Food Packaging
Materials....................... 141
Mohd Nor Faiz Norrrahim, S.M. Sapuan, Tengku Arisyah
Tengku Yasim-Anuar, Farah Nadia Mohammad Padzil,
Nur Sharmila Sharip, Lawrence Yee Foong Ng, Liana Noor
Megashah, Siti Shazra Shazleen, Noor Farisha Abd. Rahim,
R. Syafiq, and R.A. Ilyas
Chapter 6 Biodegradable Eco-Friendly Packaging and Coatings
Incorporated of Natural Active Compounds.....................................
171
Josemar Gonçalves de Oliveira Filho, Ailton Cesar Lemes,
Anna Rafaela Cavalcante Braga, and Mariana Buranelo Egea
Chapter 7 Biodegradable Polymer Composites with Reinforced Natural
Fibers for Packaging
Materials.........................................................207
B. Ashok and A. Varada Rajulu
Chapter 8 Electrospun Nanofibers: Fundamentals, Food Packaging
Technology, and
Safety.....................................................................22
3
Juliana Botelho Moreira, Suelen Goettems Kuntzler, Ana
Luiza Machado Terra, Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa, and
Michele Greque de Morais
Chapter 9 Influence of Nanoparticles on the Shelf Life of Food in
Packaging
Materials....................................................................
...... 255
Malinee Sriariyanun, Atthasit Tawai, and Yu-Shen Cheng
Chapter 10 Optoelectronic and Electronic Packaging Materials and
Their
Properties...................................................................
..............277
Theivasanthi Thirugnanasambandan and Karthikeyan Subramaniam
Chapter 11 Processing and Properties of Chitosan and/or Chitin
Biocomposites for Food
Packaging................................................... 291
Maria Râp and Cornelia Vasile
Chapter 12 Chitosan-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites for Food
Packaging
Applications.................................................................
.... 327
M. Chandrasekar, K. Senthilkumar, T. Senthil Muthu Kumar,
Sabarish Radoor, Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, and
Suchart Siengchin
Chapter 13 Medium Density Fiberboard as Food Contact Material:
A Proposed Methodology for Safety Evaluation from the Food
Contact Point of
View.......................................................................
347
P. Vazquez-Loureiro, F. Salgado, A. Rodríguez Bernaldo de
Quirós, and R. Sendón
Chapter 14 Applications of Nanotechnology in Food
Packaging........................369
Aswathy Jayakumar, Sabarish Radoor, Jasila Karayil,
Radhakrishnan E.K, Sanjay M.R, Suchart Siengchin, and
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai
Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, Senthil Muthu Kumar Thiagamani, Senthilkumar Krishnasamy, Suchart Siengchin
