Description:
The edible food packaging industry has experienced remarkable growth in recent years and will continue to impact the food market for quite some time going into the future. This book provides a comprehensive review on recent aspects related to edible packaging, from processing to potential applications, and covering the use of nanotechnology in edible packaging. Its 14 chapters examine such subjects as materials used, their structure-function relationship, and new processing technologies for application and production of edible coatings and films.