Food Packaging Development: Recent Perspective

Neela Emanuel; Harloveleen Kaur Sandhu

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AbstractLatest emerging trends in food packaging has given a boost to food processing industries. There is a continuous demand for the cleaner label without the sacrifice of taste and flavor for healthier ingredients. The quality of the packaged food product, freshness, sensory perception, and convenience are all crucial purchasing factors for the millennial. Recent developments on food packaging materials have reduced the wastages along with enhancing the product quality as well as extending its shelf life and ensuring product safety. This article reviews the innovative developments for the active packaging with emphasis on modified atmospheric, antimicrobial, antioxidant, intelligent packaging, and nanotechnology in food packaging. The emphasis is on the freshness, retaining nutritional quality and after use disappearance of food packaging materials in the soil and water in an environmentally friendly way.

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