Food packaging : : Materials and technologies / / edited by Cornelia Vasile, Morten Sivertsvik.

• TeilnehmendeR: Vasile, Cornelia,; Sivertsvik, Morten,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)

Because of the increasing pressure on both food safety and packaging/food waste, the topic is important both for academics, applied research, industry and also for environment protection. Different materials, such as glass, metals, paper and paperboards, and non-degradable and degradable polymers, with versatile properties, are attractive for potential uses in food packaging. Food packaging is the largest area of application within the food sector. Only the nanotechnology-enabled products in the food sector account for ~50% of the market value, with and the annual growth rate is 11.65%. Technological developments are also of great interest. In the food sector, nanotechnology is involved in packaging materials with extremely high gas barriers, antimicrobial properties, and also in nanoencapsulants for the delivery of nutrients, flavors, or aromas, antimicrobial, and antioxidant compounds. Applications of materials, including nanomaterials in packaging and food safety, are in forms of: edible films, polymer nanocomposites, as high barrier packaging materials, nanocoatings, surface biocides, silver nanoparticles as potent antimicrobial agents, nutrition and neutraceuticals, active/bioactive packaging, intelligent packaging, nanosensors and nanomaterial-based assays for the detection of food relevant analytes (gasses, small organic molecules and food-borne pathogens) and bioplastics.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editors -- Preface to "Food Packaging: Materials and Technologies" -- Cornelia Vasile Polymeric Nanocomposites and Nanocoatings for Food Packaging: A Review, Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 1834, doi:10.3390/ma11101834 -- Raluca Nicoleta Darie-Ni?a, Cornelia Vasile, Elena Stoleru, Daniela Pamfil, Traian Zaharescu, Liliana Tar?au, Ni?a Tudorachi, Mihai Adrian Brebu, Gina Mihaela Pricope, Raluca Petronela Dumitriu and Karol Leluk Evaluation of the Rosemary Extract Effect on the Properties of Polylactic Acid-Based Materials, Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 1825, doi:10.3390/ma11101825 -- Sandra Madalina Constantin, Frederic Buron, Sylvain Routier, Ioana Mirela Vasincu, Maria Apotrosoaei, Florentina Lupascu, Lumini?a Confederat, Cristina Tuchilus, Marta Teodora Constantin, Alexandru Sava and Lenuta Profire Formulation and Characterization of New Polymeric Systems Based on Chitosan and Xanthine Derivatives with Thiazolidin-4-One Scaffold, Reprinted from: Materials 2019, 12, 558, doi:10.3390/ma12040558 -- Bogdanel Silvestru Munteanu, Liviu Sacarescu, Ana-Lavinia Vasiliu, Gabriela Elena Hitruc, Gina M Pricope, Morten Sivertsvik, Jan Thomas Rosnes and Cornelia Vasile Antioxidant/Antibacterial Electrospun Nanocoatings Applied onto PLA Films Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 1973, doi:10.3390/ma11101973 -- Valentina Siracusa, Santina Romani, Matteo Gigli, Cinzia Mannozzi, Juan Pablo Cecchini, Urszula Tylewicz and Nadia Lotti Characterization of Active Edible Films based on Citral Essential Oil, Alginate and Pectin, Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 1980, doi:10.3390/ma11101980 -- Elena Butnaru, Elena Stoleru, Mihai Adrian Brebu, Raluca Nicoleta Darie-Nita, Alexandra Bargan and Cornelia Vasile Chitosan-Based Bionanocomposite Films Prepared by Emulsion Technique for Food Preservation, Reprinted from: Materials 2019, 12, 373, doi:10.3390/ma12030373 -- Stanislav Kotsilkov, Evgeni Ivanov and Nikolay Kolev Vitanov Release of Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes from Biodegradable Poly(Lactic Acid) Films during Degradation and Combustion: Risk Associated with the End-of-Life of Nanocomposite Food Packaging Materials, Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 2346, doi:10.3390/ma11122346 -- Lucía Rodríguez-Parada, Pedro F. Mayuet and Antonio J. Gámez Evaluation of Reliefs' Properties on Design of Thermoformed Packaging Using Fused Deposition Modelling Moulds, Reprinted from: Materials 2019, 12, 478, doi:10.3390/ma12030478 -- Lucía Rodríguez-Parada, Pedro F. Mayuet and Antonio J. Gámez Custom Design of Packaging through Advanced Technologies: A Case Study Applied to Apples, Reprinted from: Materials 2019, 12, 467, doi:10.3390/ma12030467.