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Nanotechnology: An Untapped Resource for Food Packaging
Food commodities are packaged and hygienically transported to protect and preserve them from any un-acceptable alteration in quality, before reaching the end-consumer. Food packaging continues to evolve along-with the innovations in material science and technology, as well as in light of consumer...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5601076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28955314 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01735 |
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author | Sharma, Chetan Dhiman, Romika Rokana, Namita Panwar, Harsh |
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description | Food commodities are packaged and hygienically transported to protect and preserve them from any un-acceptable alteration in quality, before reaching the end-consumer. Food packaging continues to evolve along-with the innovations in material science and technology, as well as in light of consumer's demand. Presently, the modern consumers of competitive economies demands for food with natural quality, assured safety, minimal processing, extended shelf-life and ready-to-eat concept. Innovative packaging systems, not only ascertains transit preservation and effective distribution, but also facilitates communication at the consumer levels. The technological advances in the domain of food packaging in twenty-first century are mainly chaired by nanotechnology, the science of nano-materials. Nanotechnology manipulates and creates nanometer scale materials, of commercial and scientific relevance. Introduction of nanotechnology in food packaging sector has significantly addressed the food quality, safety and stability concerns. Besides, nanotechnology based packaging intimate's consumers about the real time quality of food product. Additionally, nanotechnology has been explored for controlled release of preservatives/antimicrobials, extending the product shelf life within the package. The promising reports for nanotechnology interventions in food packaging have established this as an independent priority research area. Nanoparticles based food packages offer improved barrier and mechanical properties, along with food preservation and have gained welcoming response from market and end users. In contrary, recent advances and up-liftment in this area have raised various ethical, environmental and safety concerns. Policies and regulation regarding nanoparticles incorporation in food packaging are being reviewed. This review presents the existing knowledge, recent advances, concerns and future applications of nanotechnology in food packaging sector. |
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spelling | pubmed-56010762017-09-27 Nanotechnology: An Untapped Resource for Food Packaging Sharma, Chetan Dhiman, Romika Rokana, Namita Panwar, Harsh Front Microbiol Microbiology Food commodities are packaged and hygienically transported to protect and preserve them from any un-acceptable alteration in quality, before reaching the end-consumer. Food packaging continues to evolve along-with the innovations in material science and technology, as well as in light of consumer's demand. Presently, the modern consumers of competitive economies demands for food with natural quality, assured safety, minimal processing, extended shelf-life and ready-to-eat concept. Innovative packaging systems, not only ascertains transit preservation and effective distribution, but also facilitates communication at the consumer levels. The technological advances in the domain of food packaging in twenty-first century are mainly chaired by nanotechnology, the science of nano-materials. Nanotechnology manipulates and creates nanometer scale materials, of commercial and scientific relevance. Introduction of nanotechnology in food packaging sector has significantly addressed the food quality, safety and stability concerns. Besides, nanotechnology based packaging intimate's consumers about the real time quality of food product. Additionally, nanotechnology has been explored for controlled release of preservatives/antimicrobials, extending the product shelf life within the package. The promising reports for nanotechnology interventions in food packaging have established this as an independent priority research area. Nanoparticles based food packages offer improved barrier and mechanical properties, along with food preservation and have gained welcoming response from market and end users. In contrary, recent advances and up-liftment in this area have raised various ethical, environmental and safety concerns. Policies and regulation regarding nanoparticles incorporation in food packaging are being reviewed. This review presents the existing knowledge, recent advances, concerns and future applications of nanotechnology in food packaging sector. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5601076/ /pubmed/28955314 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01735 Text en Copyright © 2017 Sharma, Dhiman, Rokana and Panwar. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Microbiology Sharma, Chetan Dhiman, Romika Rokana, Namita Panwar, Harsh Nanotechnology: An Untapped Resource for Food Packaging |
title | Nanotechnology: An Untapped Resource for Food Packaging |
title_full | Nanotechnology: An Untapped Resource for Food Packaging |
title_fullStr | Nanotechnology: An Untapped Resource for Food Packaging |
title_full_unstemmed | Nanotechnology: An Untapped Resource for Food Packaging |
title_short | Nanotechnology: An Untapped Resource for Food Packaging |
title_sort | nanotechnology: an untapped resource for food packaging |
topic | Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5601076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28955314 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01735 |
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