Essential Oil-Containing Polysaccharide-Based Edible Films and Coatings for Food Security Applications

Whey protein based edible food packaging films and coatings

Packaging systems are intended to protect the food from its surroundings acting as physical/mechanical, chemical and microbiological barrier to maintain quality, safety, and to prolong the packaged food shelf-life. Food quality and its average shelf-life are decreased when the foodstuff interacts with its environment gaining or losing moisture and aroma, or taking oxygen leading to oxidative ra...

Gelatin-Based Films and Coatings for Food Packaging Applications

This review discusses the latest advances in the composition of gelatin-based edible films and coatings, including nanoparticle addition, and their properties are reviewed along their potential for application in the food packaging industry. Gelatin is an important biopolymer derived from collagen and is extensively used by various industries because of its technological and functional properti...

Films and edible coatings containing antioxidants – a review

The incorporation of natural antioxidants into fi lms and edible coatings can modify their structure, improving their functionality and applicability in foods, such as in fresh-cut fruits. This paper reviews the more recent literature on the incorporation of antioxidants from several sources into fi lms and edible coatings, for application in fruits and vegetables. The use of synthetic antioxid...

Edible Oil: Food Security in the Gulf

Polysaccharide-Based Edible Coatings Containing Cellulase for Improved Preservation of Meat Quality during Storage.

The objectives of this study were to optimize the composition of edible food coatings and to extend the shelf-life of pork meat. Initially, nine meat samples were coated with solutions containing chitosan and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose at various cellulase concentrations: 0%, 0.05%, and 0.1%, stored for 0, 7, and 14 days. Uncoated meat served as the controls. The samples were tested for pH, ...