Food loss and waste occur for many reasons, from crop processing to household leftovers.
Even though some waste generation is unavoidable, a considerable amount is due to …

The food industry faces numerous challenges to assure provision of tasty and convenient
food that possesses extended shelf life and shows long‐term high‐quality preservation …

Active food packaging is crucial nowadays due to the rising consumer demands for less
processed and preservative-free foods. Also, due to growing concern and overuse of …

Recently, the demands for biodegradable and renewable materials for packaging
applications have increased tremendously. This rise in demand is connected to the growing …

The greater awareness of non-renewable natural resources preservation needs has led to
the development of more ecological high-performance polymeric materials with new …

Future plastic materials will be very different from those that are used today. The increasing
importance of sustainability promotes the development of bio-based and biodegradable …

Waste from non-degradable plastics is becoming an increasingly serious problem.
Therefore, more and more research focuses on the development of materials with …

The growing demand for increased fresh food shelf life as well as the need of protection
against foodborne diseases urged the development of antimicrobial food packaging. Among …

A pH indicator and antimicrobial cellulose nanofibre packaging film was developed based
on cellulose nanofibres as film matrix, anthocyanins from purple sweet potato as a natural …

Single-use plastic (SUP) being a versatile material, is adopted as an alternate to traditional
materials specifically for the use in food packaging due to its inherent characteristics like …