Probiotics, like lactic acid bacteria, are non-pathogenic microbes that exert health benefits to
the host when administered in adequate quantity. Currently, research is being conducted on …

Polysaccharide-based films are favored in the food packaging industry because of their
advantages of green and safe characters, as well as natural degradability, but due to the …

Polysaccharides, such as pectin, starch, alginate, carrageenan, and xanthan gum, have
been used as biopolymer materials to create coatings and edible films to reduce traditional …

Background Edible food packaging, produced from edible polymers, is a kind of packaging
suitable for human consumption along with the contained food. Despite many advantages …

The main goal of the present work was to develop a value-added product of biodegradable
material for sustainable packaging. The use of agriculture waste-derived carboxymethyl …

Natural polysaccharides are renewable with a high degree of biocompatibility,
biodegradability, and ability to mimic the natural extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Food packaging is an area of interest not just for food producers or food marketing, but also
for consumers who are more and more aware about the fact that food packaging has a great …

Plastic packaging is essential nowadays. However, the huge environmental problem caused
by landfill disposal of non-biodegradable polymers in the end of life has to be minimized and …

Sweet potato starch and different celluloses were mixed by thermoplastic extrusion and then
thermoplastic starch/cellulose composite films were prepared using a casting method. The …

This study was aimed to develop biopolymer based antimicrobial films for active food
packaging and to reduce environmental pollution caused by accumulation of synthetic …