Novel Materials and Technologies for Sustainable, Smart and Active Food Packaging
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2022) | Viewed by 697
Special Issue Editors
Interests: material characterization; materials; nanomaterials; food science and technology; biodegradable polymers; biopolymers; food packaging; biodegradation; electrospinning; packaging; metal nanoparticles; carbohydrate polymers; polyhydroxyalkanoates; electrospun nanofibers; food shelf life; circular economy; agricultural
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global pollution, oil scarcity and new food safety and quality requirements have led to the study and development of different sustainable materials for food packaging applications. Packaging has a great impact on sustainability due to its direct or indirect use in the food chain and food waste, playing an important role in individual and social well-being. During the last decade, food packaging has been developing new smart and active materials that extend shelf life; maintain quality, safety, and integrity; and avoid microorganisms’ proliferation and food oxidation reactions by incorporating active substances. Regulation (CE) No. 450/2009 (29/05/2009) defines active and smart packaging materials as those with deliberately added substances (scavengers/emitters, ethylene scavengers, aroma emitters) which interact with the inner environment and monitor the state (time-temperature sensors, ripeness indicators, biosensors) of the packaged food products.
Papers on any topics related to the fundamental understanding and recent advances in the field of Smart and Active Packaging based on sustainable strategies are highly recommended for publication in the Special Issue of Applied Sciences titled "Novel Materials and Technologies for Sustainable, Smart and Active Food Packaging".
Dr. Kelly Johana Figueroa Lopez
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Ortega-Toro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biopolymers
- sustainable strategies
- active packaging
- smart packaging
- biodegradable packaging
- circular economy
- food shelf life
- agroindustrial by-products
- active compounds
- absorption
