Advanced Bio-Based Smart Materials for Food Packaging: Applications, Safety, and Sustainability
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 80
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food chemistry; food analysis; food authentication; food packaging; fermented foods; natural antioxidants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Given the increased challenges we presently face in terms of food safety, food security, and the handling of food waste, along with rapid environmental climate change, there is a great need for the development of smart approaches regarding the wholesomeness of food products: From production to packaging and distribution, substituting, among other things, the conventional plastics used in food packaging materials, which have raised so many concerns pertaining to environmental pollution and consumer health in recent years.
Sophisticated technologies and materials science have introduced some “smart” functions to food packaging, which include advanced packaging materials with improved properties and sensors that can monitor food quality during storage. In this context, smart packaging has recently been applied that increases the shelf life of foods, including time–temperature indicators, modified atmosphere packaging sensors for CO2 and O2 monitoring, total volatile base nitrogen sensors to detect food decay, fruit ripeness indicators, pathogen sensors, and protocols for food tracking and authentication.
This Special Issue aims then to cover the most recent and advanced bio-based smart materials for food packaging, including their application, safety issues, and sustainability.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ioannis Konstantinos Karabagias
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bio-based smart food packaging
- antimicrobial materials
- food packaging sensors
- active films and coatings
- film surface active components
- conventional vs. smart food packaging
- food tracking and packaging authentication
- migrating chemical substances
- safety and sustainability of biodegradable packaging materials
