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Natural Gums as a Sustainable Material for Food Packaging and Preservation focuses on the characterization, functionality, mechanisms, and processing of natural gum-based packages and its application for food preservation and smart packaging. Divided in three sections, the first one deals with characterization, functionality, formulation, and health and eco-innovations in natural gums followed by global research indicators of gum packages. The second part discusses the application of natural gum and gum-based for the protection of foods. This section also evaluates the potential use of gum-based smart packaging for the detection of food quality and safety, in addition to discussing the consumer acceptability of the gum package. The third part focuses on natural gum package challenges, safety, and associated legislation followed by assessing the future potential of natural gum food packages. Edited by a team of experts in natural gums and food packaging materials, this book prioritizes sustainability and biodegradability by utilizing natural gums as an eco-friendly alternative to protect and indicate the freshness of foods.
List of contents
Section 1: Characterization of Natural Gums, functionality, and processing1. Food Packaging: An Overview
2. Types, Sources and Structures of Natural Gums
3. Natural Gums as Functional Compounds Used in Food Packaging
4. Evaluation of global research on natural gums food packaging by scientometric indicators
5. Mechanism of action of gum films and edible coatings
6. Health and eco-innovations in gum-based food packaging
7. Processing of gum-based smart packaging and coatings
Section 2: Application of Natural Gums for Food Preservation and Smart Packaging8. Natural Gums: Scientific tools to reduce processing time and/or preserve food product quality in drying technology
9. Natural gums for food preservation and packaging: Evidence from consumers
10. Natural Gums: A sustainable polymer to protect sensitive and expensive nutrients
11. Potential of natural gums as smart and active packaging materials: From concept to commercialization
12. Natural Gum-based bioactive compounds for food biopreservation
13. Natural gums as sustainable materials to improve the color quality and stability of food
14. Applications of gum films in meat, livestock, and aquatic product preservation
15. Natural gums as effective materials for preserving/ improving the stability of edible oil, oil-based food and high-lipid food products
16. Natural gums: An effective strategy for reduction of oil uptake in deep-fried foods
Section 3: Challenges, Safety and Associated Legislation for Natural Gums17. Safety and regulatory status of gum-based packaging and coatings
18. Challenges to commercialized and future potential of natural gums food packaging
