Essential oils as additives in active food packaging

Food packaging can be considered as a passive barrier that protects food from environmental factors such ultraviolet light, oxygen, water vapour, pressure and heat. It also prolongs the shelf-life of by protecting chemical microbiological contaminants enables foods to transported stored safely. Active (AP) provides opportunity for interaction between external environment food, resulting in extended food. Chemoactive has an impact on composition product. The application natural additive essential oils active used forms films coatings. been observed that, AP helps maintain temperature, moisture level microbial quality control This review article overview incorporated with oils, concerns challenges industry, effect oil microstructure, antioxidant antimicrobial properties.