Active edible films: Current state and future trends

ABSTRACT Active edible films represent one of the current and future trends in the development of new polymers for selected applications, particularly food packaging. Some biopolymers show excellent performance as carriers for active compounds extracted from natural sources and are able to be releas...

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Published inJournal of applied polymer science Vol. 133; no. 2; pp. np - n/a
Main Authors Mellinas, Cristina, Valdés, Arantzazu, Ramos, Marina, Burgos, Nuria, Garrigós, María del Carmen, Jiménez, Alfonso
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 10.01.2016
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Subjects
Active control
Biopolymers
biopolymers and renewable polymers
Carriers
coatings
Current carriers
Edible
Food packaging
Foods
Materials science
packaging
Polymers
properties and characterization
Trends
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Summary:ABSTRACT Active edible films represent one of the current and future trends in the development of new polymers for selected applications, particularly food packaging. Some biopolymers show excellent performance as carriers for active compounds extracted from natural sources and are able to be released at a controlled rate to packaged food. In this review we aim to present, in a comprehensive way, the most recent advances and updates in this subject, where much research is currently ongoing and new studies are reported very often. This review focuses on innovative biopolymer matrices, their processing to obtain edible active films, and present and future applications. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 133, 42631.
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ISSN:0021-8995
1097-4628
DOI:10.1002/app.42631