Bioactive Packaging for Preventing Food Spoilage
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2025 | Viewed by 1002
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microbial spoilage accounts for about one-third of postharvest food loss worldwide, a significant proportion of which leads to final products with undesirable quality traits. Providing the necessary technologies and control strategies is still a critical constraint to guaranteeing food safety in the food supply chain. To address this concern, food scientists are exploring innovative food packaging approaches, aiming to prevent or substantially control microbial growth, maintain food quality, and extend the shelf life of foods while reducing waste and adverse impacts on the environment after use.
This Special Issue welcomes all original research papers and reviews, including but not limited to the following:
Natural active ingredients in bioactive packaging (plant extract, essential oil, enzyme, phytochemicals, polysaccharides, and so on);
Development and characteristics of edible bioactive coating or film;
Development and characteristics of biology-based or biodegradable bioactive packaging;
Mathematical model of shelf life prediction of foods with bioactive packaging;
Life cycle assessments of bioactive packaging;
Application of bioactive packaging in foods such as fruits and vegetables, meat, seafood, dairy, grains, and so on.
Prof. Dr. Xiaoli Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioactive packaging
- food spoilage
- bioactive ingredients (plant extracts, essential oils, enzymes, phytochemicals)
- edible coatings and films
- different food packaging applications (meat, seafood, fruits, vegetables, cereal products, dairy products, etc.)
- shelf life/life cycle assessment analysis
- food wastes
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