
Title:
Sustainable food packaging technology
Author:
Athanassiou, Athanassia, editor.
ISBN:
9783527820078
9783527820085
9783527820061
9783527820092
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Contents:
Natural, Biodegradable and Edible Polymers in Food Packaging: PLA, PHBs, PCL, Silk, Starch, Chitosan ; Biocomposites of Natural Fibers and Biopolymers in Food Packaging ; Paper and Cardboard Reinforcement of Biopolymers for Food Packaging Materials ; Natural Principles in Active Food Packaging for Enhanced Protection: Antioxidant, Antibacterial Agents ; Natural Molecules in Intelligent Packaging as Indicators for Food Spoilage and Presence of Pollutants ; Recent Technological Developments of Biocomposite Materials for Food Packaging Applications
Abstract:
The combination of the continuously increasing food packaging waste with the non-biodegradable nature of the plastic materials that have a big slice of the packaging market makes it necessary to move towards sustainable packaging for the benefit of the environment and human health. Sustainable packaging is the type of packaging that can provide to food the necessary protection conditions, but at the same type is biodegradable and can be disposed as organic waste to the landfills in order to biodegrade through a natural procedure. In this way, sustainable packaging becomes part of the circular economy. 'Sustainable Food Packaging Technology' deals with packaging solutions that use engineered biopolymers or biocomposites that have suitable physicochemical properties for food contact and protection and originate both from renewable or non-renewable resources, but in both cases are compostable or edible. Modified paper and cardboard with increased protective properties towards food while keeping their compostability are presented as well. The book also covers natural components that can make the packaging functional, e.g., by providing active protection to the food indicating food spoilage.
Local Note:
John Wiley and Sons
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