Advances in Edible Packaging Systems for Food Preservation: Processing, Bioactive Agents and Preservation

Advances in Edible Packaging Systems for Food Preservation: Processing, Bioactive Agents and Preservation discusses the edible packaging systems available for the preservation of all types of foods and products derived from meat, eggs, milk, plants, cereals, fish, and seafood. Divided into 14 chapters, the book covers recent topics related to edible packaging such as the role of emerging technologies (including cold plasma, ultrasonication, electrospinning, high-pressure, 3D printing, and pulsed light), alternative film materials (including insect, fungal, and algae proteins), novel bioactive agents (including novel peptides and nanoemulsions, nanoparticles, and nanofibers from novel sources), engineering aspects, environmental impacts, and consumer perception.

This book caters to a wider audience, including, but not limited to, individuals involved in food science, meat science, dairy science, food packaging, agriculture sciences, protein and carbohydrate biochemistry, and nutrition.

• Provides critical insights from available literature on edible packaging
• overs the role of emerging technologies, alternative film materials, novel bioactive agents, engineering aspects, environmental impacts, and consumer perception
• Explores the environmental aspects, social perception, and acceptance of edible packaging

Zuhaib F. Bhat is working as an Associate Professor in the Division of Livestock Products Technology of SKUAST-Jammu (India). He was awarded his PhD from Lincoln University (Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences) in collaboration with the University of Otago (Department of Food Science). Dr. Bhat has worked on different aspects of animal products (meat, milk, and their products) for more than 14 years. He has published more than 90 research papers, 50 review articles, 30 book chapters and 03 books.

Alaa El-Din A. Bekhit, PhD, has earned his PhD in biochemistry from Lincoln University, New Zealand in 2004. He obtained his MSc in food process engineering from the University of Reading, United Kingdom in 1994. Dr. Bekhit is a Professor at the Food Science Department, University of Otago, New Zealand. He also holds an honorary distinguished professor post at the Food Science and Pharmacy College, Xinjiang Agricultural University, and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), along with honorary associate professor in the College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi and adjunct associate professor in the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, New Zealand. He has been active in studying different aspects of foods, including packaging, for more than 30 years. He has published more than 230 research papers, 80 review articles, 72 book chapters and 06 books.