Study on the Production of Innovative Edible and Biodegradable Packaging Materials
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 784
Special Issue Editors
Interests: postharvest technologies of horticultural crops; non-destructive prediction of quality parameters; harvest date prediction; microbial analysis in fruits; edible coatings to improve storage and minimally processed foods
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Interests: postharvest disorders; storage; nanocoatings; fruit quality
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Interests: postharvest; ethylene; food quality; storage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Growing consumer demand for food products that are ready to eat, slightly or minimally processed, with prolonged shelf life and high nutritional quality, together with current environmental concerns over plastic packaging waste pollution and resource restrictions, is powerfully driving novelty in the packaging sector. The ideal packaging requires lower carbon and water footprints, is biodegradable and/or compostable, makes use of wastes or byproducts, is properly eco-designed, safe, and has the right preservation properties to prolong the lifetime of the food and should minimize food waste.
This Special Issue on “Studies on the Production of Innovative Edible and Biodegradable Packaging Materials” encourages authors to submit original research articles or comprehensive review papers addressing new methods and technologies in the development of innovative and functional food packaging that involve the implementation of effective systems, protect and extend the shelf life of food, are easy to produce using conventional technologies, inexpensive, highly eco-friendly, and sustainable, and in compliance with the latest food safety standards and anti-waste laws.
Dr. Adriana Guerreiro
Dr. Custódia Maria Luís Gago
Dr. Maria Dulce Carlos Antunes
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- food
- packaging properties
- biodegradable polymers
- active and intelligent packaging
- nano packaging
- edible packaging
- shelf-life
- storage
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