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Active edible films: Current state and future trends
Author(s) -
Mellinas Cristina,
Valdés Arantzazu,
Ramos Marina,
Burgos Nuria,
Garrigós María del Carmen,
Jiménez Alfonso
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.42631
Subject(s) - biopolymer , natural polymers , nanotechnology , materials science , solid state , biochemical engineering , polymer science , state of art , food packaging , polymer , chemistry , engineering , engineering physics , food science , composite material
ABSTRACT Active edible films represent one of the current and future trends in the development of new polymers for selected applications, particularly food packaging. Some biopolymers show excellent performance as carriers for active compounds extracted from natural sources and are able to be released at a controlled rate to packaged food. In this review we aim to present, in a comprehensive way, the most recent advances and updates in this subject, where much research is currently ongoing and new studies are reported very often. This review focuses on innovative biopolymer matrices, their processing to obtain edible active films, and present and future applications. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133 , 42631.