New Challenges and Opportunities for Active Packaging Applications for Food
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 6471
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food packaging; active packaging; new packaging materials; sustainable packaging materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Active packaging is an innovative approach to maintain or prolong the shelf life of food products while ensuring their quality, safety, and integrity. As defined in the European regulation (EC) No 450/2009, active packaging comprises packaging systems that interact with the food in such a way as to “deliberately incorporate components that would release or absorb substances into or from the packaged food or the environment surrounding the food”.
During recent decades, active packaging has been a key focus of research and development for various research groups, and different active packaging technologies have been developed. Several studies have shown the huge potential for use of such technologies to increase the shelf life of foodstuffs and improve their qualities. Despite the tremendous research done in this field, only very few of these technologies have been implemented successfully in commercial food packaging systems. Developments in the area of nanomaterials as well as novel material processing methods may further improve the active packaging technologies and pave the way for their introduction into the market.
This Special Issue encourages authors to submit cutting edge original research articles or comprehensive review papers presenting recent developments in the area of active packaging as well as the novel processing technologies used for the production of active packaging materials. Papers that address the challenges to overcome for the successful introduction of active packaging products into the market are also welcome.
Prof. Selçuk Yildirim
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- active packaging
- food packaging
- novel packaging materials
- novel processing technologies for packaging
- nanomaterials for packaging
- antimicrobial packaging
- oxygen scavengers
- ethylene absorbers
- antioxidant releasers
