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Review
. 2023 Nov;60(11):2736-2747.
doi: 10.1007/s13197-022-05595-x. Epub 2022 Sep 18.

Polysaccharide-based films: from packaging materials to functional food

Tatiana N Popyrina  1 , Tatiana S Demina  1   2   3 , Tatiana A Akopova  1
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Review

Polysaccharide-based films: from packaging materials to functional food

Tatiana N Popyrina et al. J Food Sci Technol. 2023 Nov.

Abstract

A wider application of naturally derived polysaccharides is of great interest as materials for food packaging industry. Biocompatibility and biodegradability of polysaccharide-based films and coatings ally with a shift from application of non-biodegradable petrochemical polymers to the more environmentally friendly ones. Due to a range of inherent features in chemical structure and bioactivity, the polysaccharide materials could bring additional functionality to food packaging. The chelating ability of the polysaccharides provides also their application as carriers of additional active components, such as nanoparticles, essential oils and polyphenols. The improved physicochemical, antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the filled films allows to consider the edible polysaccharide-based films as functional food products. This review is aimed at analysis of evolution of polysaccharide-based food packaging materials from inert one starting from cellophane to recent research works on development of multicomponent polysaccharide-based functional food films and coatings.

Keywords: Coatings; Films; Functional food; Packaging; Polysaccharides.

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Conflicts of interestThe authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Life cycle of polysaccharide-based materials
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Effect of various fillers on the properties of the functional polysaccharide-based film materials
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