Progress in Starch-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications
The food packaging sector generates large volumes of plastic waste due to the high demand for packaged products with a short shelf-life. Biopolymers such as starch-based materials are a promising alternative to non-renewable resins, offering a sustainable and environmentally friendly food packaging...
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| author | Lucia García-Guzmán Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas Cintya G. Soria-Hernández Johanna Castaño Andrea Y. Guadarrama-Lezama Saddys Rodríguez Llamazares |
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| description | The food packaging sector generates large volumes of plastic waste due to the high demand for packaged products with a short shelf-life. Biopolymers such as starch-based materials are a promising alternative to non-renewable resins, offering a sustainable and environmentally friendly food packaging alternative for single-use products. This article provides a chronology of the development of starch-based materials for food packaging. Particular emphasis is placed on the challenges faced in processing these materials using conventional processing techniques for thermoplastics and other emerging techniques such as electrospinning and 3D printing. The improvement of the performance of starch-based materials by blending with other biopolymers, use of micro- and nano-sized reinforcements, and chemical modification of starch is discussed. Finally, an overview of recent developments of these materials in smart food packaging is given. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d695c184557042ee8aa6e0cba12bdd862023-11-30T22:05:05ZengMDPI AGPolysaccharides2673-41762022-01-013113617710.3390/polysaccharides3010007Progress in Starch-Based Materials for Food Packaging ApplicationsLucia García-Guzmán0Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas1Cintya G. Soria-Hernández2Johanna Castaño3Andrea Y. Guadarrama-Lezama4Saddys Rodríguez Llamazares5Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Colón esq. Paseo Tollocan s/n, Col. Residencial Colón, Toluca 50120, MexicoUnidad de Desarrollo Tecnológico, Parque Industrial Coronel, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 3349001, ChileTecnológico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, MexicoFacultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad San Sebastián, Lientur 1457, Concepción 4080871, ChileFacultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Colón esq. Paseo Tollocan s/n, Col. Residencial Colón, Toluca 50120, MexicoCentro de Investigación de Polímeros Avanzados (CIPA), Avenida Collao 1202, Edificio Laboratorio-CIPA, Concepción 4081112, ChileThe food packaging sector generates large volumes of plastic waste due to the high demand for packaged products with a short shelf-life. Biopolymers such as starch-based materials are a promising alternative to non-renewable resins, offering a sustainable and environmentally friendly food packaging alternative for single-use products. This article provides a chronology of the development of starch-based materials for food packaging. Particular emphasis is placed on the challenges faced in processing these materials using conventional processing techniques for thermoplastics and other emerging techniques such as electrospinning and 3D printing. The improvement of the performance of starch-based materials by blending with other biopolymers, use of micro- and nano-sized reinforcements, and chemical modification of starch is discussed. Finally, an overview of recent developments of these materials in smart food packaging is given.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4176/3/1/7starch-based materialsformulationprocessingfood packaging |
| spellingShingle | Lucia García-Guzmán Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas Cintya G. Soria-Hernández Johanna Castaño Andrea Y. Guadarrama-Lezama Saddys Rodríguez Llamazares Progress in Starch-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications Polysaccharides starch-based materials formulation processing food packaging |
| title | Progress in Starch-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_full | Progress in Starch-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_fullStr | Progress in Starch-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progress in Starch-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_short | Progress in Starch-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications |
| title_sort | progress in starch based materials for food packaging applications |
| topic | starch-based materials formulation processing food packaging |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4176/3/1/7 |
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