Advanced Biopolymers for Biodegradable Food Packaging
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2025 | Viewed by 3044
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant proteins; food packaging; hydrocolloid-based films; soft condensed matter
Interests: hydrocolloid-based films; renewable sources; microbial transglutaminase; film technological features
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Petroleum-derived plastics used for food packaging are the largest contributor to plastic pollution. Replacing conventional plastics with environmentally friendly and sustainable materials derived from renewable sources can address the environmental issues caused by plastics. There is increasing interest in using natural hydrocolloid biopolymers, such as polysaccharides and proteins, to develop bio-based packaging, able to be easily biodegraded under soil-like conditions. Based on circular economy paradigms, biopolymers extracted from by-products, can be considered eco-friendly and sustainable sources for developing food packaging with tailored features. Moreover, the addition of natural active ingredients could further improve the biological and technological potential of the derived materials.
This Special Issue aims to collect research papers, communications, and review articles with original contributions on the development and characterisation of active/smart bio-based materials from natural biopolymers with the ability to be used in food packaging.
Dr. Seyedeh Fatemeh Mirpoor
Dr. Concetta Valeria Lucia Giosafatto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food packaging
- shelf-life protein
- polysaccharide
- by-products
- circular economy
- sustainability
- active packaging
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