Food Packaging—Technology, Materials, and Safety Issues
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2023) | Viewed by 1619
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polymers; bioplastics; biodegradability; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food packaging protects food against different biochemical and mechanical damages throughout the entire food chain. Ideal food packaging characteristics include low cost, easy processability, good protection against water vapour and oxygen, mechanically resistant, recyclable after use, and biodegradability, among others. In order to obtain such a material, nowadays, food packaging is usually made of a mixture of different components contributing to the desired final properties. Typically, petroleum-based plastics such as low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and polypropylene (PP) have been used for the fabrication of food packaging materials. However, in recent years, bio-based polymers have been proposed as a realistic alternative to replace those made from petroleum sources. The two most commonly used bio-based polymers for food packaging applications are polylactic acid (PLA) and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), even if others such as cellulose, starch, chitin, chitosan, and so on could be employed for these purposes.
In this Special Issue, we aim to publish original studies and reviews regarding food packaging materials prepared from food waste and by-products.
Dr. Susana Guzman-Puyol
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food packaging
- food waste
- natural polymers
- bio-based polymers
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