Biobased Packaging Materials: Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Packaging Materials [Hardcover]

This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of recent developments in bio-based packaging materials along with an array of their industrial applications. It offers an interdisciplinary approach, combining food engineering, polymer science, materials science, and sustainable aspects of bio-based materials with their synthesis, properties, characterization, and applications in packaging materials. The book encloses chapters covering fundamental concepts, manufacturing, properties, characterization, and interaction of bio-based materials. It also discusses topics related to the different usage of bio-based materials, their environmental impact, regulations, safety aspects, circular economy, challenges, and opportunities allied to bio-based materials. It is an essential resource for academicians, researchers, students, and professionals interested in exploring the potential bio-based materials in food packaging.

Chapter 1_Food Biopackaging for Human Benefits: Status & Perspectives.- Chapter 2_Processing of Biobased Packaging Materials.- Chapter 3_Potential of PHA (poly-hydroxyalkanoates) polymers as packaging materials: From concept to commercialization.- Chapter 4_Applications of cellulose in biobased food packaging systems.- Chapter 5_Starch for packaging materials.- Chapter 6_Chitin and chitosan for packaging materials.- Chapter 7_Natural Antioxidants from Fruit By-Products for Active Packaging Applications.- Chapter 8_Bio nanocomposites for packaging materials.- Chapter 9_Environmental impact of biobased materials.- Chapter 10_Safety and Associated Legislation of Selected Food Contact Bio-Based Packaging.- lc+