Recent advances in edible coatings and films

Food products are highly perishable in nature which undergoes quick quality deterioration. Edible coatings and films are a thin layer of a biopolymer that is deposited on the surface of a food and is co-consumed. Edible coatings, as postharvest technology, play an important role in increasing the shelf-life, preserving quality, distribution and marketing of the food products via minimizing the spread of microorganisms, enhancing the organoleptic characteristics and serving as a moisture barrier, oxygen and ethylene scavenger, and antimicrobial properties. These sustainable ingredients created from polysaccharides, proteins, plasticizers, lipids, emulsifiers, and active substances. Antioxidant, flavoring, and coloring compounds can be employed to improve the quality, wellbeing, and stability of packaged foods. The application of edible coating for foods could be an alternative for environmantaly harmful non-biodegradable packages.

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Edible coating ، packaging ، food product