Food-producing animals have the highest concentration of collagen in their extracellular
matrix. Collagen and gelatin are widely used in food industry due to their specific structural …

Novel food packaging techniques are an important area of research to promote food quality
and safety. There is a trend towards environmentally sustainable and edible forms of …

Gelatin is an important biopolymer that is extracted from collagen and is extensively used in
the food industry because of its excellent functional properties. However, native gelatin films …

Current environmental concerns fostered a strong interest in extracting polymers from
renewable feedstocks. Chitosan, a second most abundant polysaccharide after cellulose …

Owing to the increasing environmental concerns and requirements for high-quality foods,
edible films and coatings (based on proteins, polysaccharides, natural phenolic active …

Gelatin is one of the most widely used hydrocolloids; mammalian, poultry, and fish wastes
are an exciting source for gelatin production. The market size of gelatin will reach 5.0 billion …

Background The consumer demand for food that is minimally processed and that does not
include artificial additives makes it necessary to look for new natural sources of …

There is an increasing demand for bio-based packaging materials incorporated with active
nanoparticles as one of the new technologies to obtain food products with improved quality …

Increasing global wastes containing various beneficial molecules such as carbohydrates,
proteinous compounds, and essential oils lead scientists to design and synthesize novel …

In this study, we synthesized nitrogen-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) with remarkable
photodynamic antibacterial properties by a hydrothermal method. The composite film was …