Recent Advances in Biopolymer-Based Food Packaging

Dear Colleagues,

Food packaging is an important part of the food industry and daily life. It uses a variety of methods to prevent food from spoilage from microorganisms, chemical pollutants, oxygen, moisture, and other adverse conditions, so that food is conducive to storage, transportation, and sale. Appropriate food packaging can minimize food loss and provide consumers with safe and healthy food, improving the marketability and acceptability of food.

Biodegradable food packaging materials have attracted the attention of many researchers. Biopolymers are a kind of natural degradable biomass raw materials, with green, safe, degradable, plastic, and flexible properties. It encompasses the superior raw materials for the development of food packaging, including chitosan, cellulose, sodium alginate, starch, lignin, hemicellulose, etc.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish a variety of biopolymer-based food packaging materials such as film, coating solution, foam, aerogel, etc. This Special Issue focuses on the innovation, improvement, and process control of all types of food packaging to achieve advanced multi-function and multi-application scenarios, such as long-lasting antibacterial, hydrophobic, oleophobic, antioxidant, UV resistance, high strength, high flexibility, flame retardancy, etc. The machinability of biopolymer-based food packaging such as sealing and seams will also be discussed in this Special Issue. 

Dr. Zhengguo Wu
Dr. Changliang Xu
Guest Editors

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