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- Edible films and coatings are gaining attention as sustainable food packaging options, focusing on their role in enhancing food preservation and minimizing environmental impact.
- Gums, which are natural polysaccharides, are commonly used in the food industry for various functions like thickening and stabilizing, and serve as a biodegradable alternative to traditional plastic packaging.
- The review discusses the benefits of gum-based edible packaging in extending shelf life and preventing spoilage, highlighting potential future commercial applications to improve food quality.
Article Abstract
Edible films and coatings are a current and future food packaging trend. In the food and envi-ronmental sectors, there is a growing need to understand the role of edible packaging and sus-tainability. Gums are polysaccharides of natural origin that are frequently utilized as thickeners, clarifying agents, gelling agents, emulsifiers, and stabilizers in the food sector. Gums come in a variety of forms, including seed gums, mucilage gums, exudate gums, and so on. As a biodegradable and sustainable alternative to petrochemical-based film and coatings, gums could be a promising option. Natural plant gum-based edible packaging helps to ensure extension of shelf-life of fresh and processed foods while also reducing microbiological alteration and/or oxidation processes. In this review, the possible applications of gum-based polymers and their functional properties in development of edible films and coatings, were comprehensively dis-cussed. In the future, technology for developing natural gum-based edible films and coatings might be applied commercially to improve shelf life and preserve the quality of foods.
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