Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A Review
Food security has continued to be a topic of interest in our world due to the increasing demand for food. Many technologies have been adopted to enhance food supply and narrow the demand gap. Thus, the attempt to use nanotechnology to improve food security and increase supply has emerged due to the...
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| description | Food security has continued to be a topic of interest in our world due to the increasing demand for food. Many technologies have been adopted to enhance food supply and narrow the demand gap. Thus, the attempt to use nanotechnology to improve food security and increase supply has emerged due to the severe shortcomings of conventional technologies, which have made them insufficient to cater to the continuous demand for food products. Hence, nanoparticles have been identified to play a major role in areas involving food production, protection, and shelf-life extensions. Specifically, metal-based nanoparticles have been singled out to play an important role in manufacturing materials with outstanding properties, which can help increase the shelf-life of different food materials. The physicochemical and biological properties of metal-based nanoparticles, such as the large surface area and antimicrobial properties, have made them suitable and adequately useful, not just as a regular packaging material but as a functional material upon incorporation into biopolymer matrices. These, amongst many other reasons, have led to their wide synthesis and applications, even though their methods of preparation and risk evaluation remain a topic of concern. This review, therefore, briefly explores the available synthetic methods, physicochemical properties, roles, and biological properties of metal-based nanoparticles for food packaging. Furthermore, the associated limitations, alongside quality and safety considerations, of these materials were summarily explored. Although this area of research continues to garner attention, this review showed that metal-based nanoparticles possess great potential to be a leading material for food packaging if the problem of migration and toxicity can be effectively modulated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf1e30f52ef049068965489d63d5e80e2023-11-18T18:31:18ZengMDPI AGBiomolecules2218-273X2023-07-01137109210.3390/biom13071092Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A ReviewJerry O. Adeyemi0Olaniyi A. Fawole1Postharvest and Agroprocessing Research Centre, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaPostharvest and Agroprocessing Research Centre, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaFood security has continued to be a topic of interest in our world due to the increasing demand for food. Many technologies have been adopted to enhance food supply and narrow the demand gap. Thus, the attempt to use nanotechnology to improve food security and increase supply has emerged due to the severe shortcomings of conventional technologies, which have made them insufficient to cater to the continuous demand for food products. Hence, nanoparticles have been identified to play a major role in areas involving food production, protection, and shelf-life extensions. Specifically, metal-based nanoparticles have been singled out to play an important role in manufacturing materials with outstanding properties, which can help increase the shelf-life of different food materials. The physicochemical and biological properties of metal-based nanoparticles, such as the large surface area and antimicrobial properties, have made them suitable and adequately useful, not just as a regular packaging material but as a functional material upon incorporation into biopolymer matrices. These, amongst many other reasons, have led to their wide synthesis and applications, even though their methods of preparation and risk evaluation remain a topic of concern. This review, therefore, briefly explores the available synthetic methods, physicochemical properties, roles, and biological properties of metal-based nanoparticles for food packaging. Furthermore, the associated limitations, alongside quality and safety considerations, of these materials were summarily explored. Although this area of research continues to garner attention, this review showed that metal-based nanoparticles possess great potential to be a leading material for food packaging if the problem of migration and toxicity can be effectively modulated.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/13/7/1092food securitynanoparticlesfood packagingbiopolymersbiological properties |
| spellingShingle | Jerry O. Adeyemi Olaniyi A. Fawole Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A Review Biomolecules food security nanoparticles food packaging biopolymers biological properties |
| title | Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A Review |
| title_full | Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A Review |
| title_short | Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A Review |
| title_sort | metal based nanoparticles in food packaging and coating technologies a review |
| topic | food security nanoparticles food packaging biopolymers biological properties |
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