Recent Progress on Multifunctional Food Packaging and Film Applications
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1784
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polysaccharides; edible films; proteins; food packaging
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: hydrogels; polysaccharides; biopolymers; polyphenols; biocomposites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food packaging is a dynamic and growing end-use segment that continues to be impacted by new technologies, sustainability and regulations. The public's desire for a better, healthier life is driving many trends in this area. In addition, increasing awareness about the negative impact of plastic food packaging on the environment has led to an exponential research growth of novel environmentally friendly packaging materials. In this context, significant attention is given to identifying new renewable resources to produce sustainable, biodegradable films and packages, while developing and incorporating biobased additives into food packages.
In this Special Issue, we are encouraging the submission of manuscripts in relation to the following: (i) new technologies to obtain sustainable food packaging materials; (ii) studies based on biopolymers to obtain innovative films and food packages; (iii) the application of nanotechnology in the food packaging sector; (iv) the incorporation of bioactive compounds in food packaging materials; (v) the application of biobased adhesives into food packages; (vi) studies of additive migration from food packaging materials; and (vii) the influence of food packaging material on the quality and shelf-life of food products. In summary, this Special Issue of Foods is dedicated to original research and review articles that cover the latest findings on multi-functional and sustainable packaging materials and new eco-friendly processes (casting, electrospinning, supercritical drying, 3D printing, film extrusion, etc.).
Dr. Aleksandra Nesic
Prof. Dr. Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Foods is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- food packaging materials
- polysaccharides
- edible films
- bioplastic
- biobased antimicrobials
- composite materials
- nanotechnology
- bio-adhesives
