Natural Additives in Food and Sustainable Packaging : Innovations and Applications

Kumar, Santosh (EDT)/ Mukherjee, Avik (EDT)/ Bhat, Rajeev (EDT)

Jenny Stanford Publishing（2025/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 607 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789815129793

Full Description

This book explores the present era of globalized food supply chains, associated complexities, and concerns over maintaining food quality and safety. It deepens the knowledge on technological innovations and applications of natural additives in foods and their applications in sustainable packaging to ensure food safety and quality. It acts as a tool to plan for further developments in this emerging area of importance and aims to address consumers' demands for minimally processed food without additives or preservatives and meet the pressure of sustainable packaging products. Compared to other books, this book exclusively focuses on the contemporary developments and prospective advancements in the use of natural food additives in sustainable packaging (active and intelligent agent) systems. The chapters represent a systematic, sequential account of current research and developments in this emerging area, covering all the major topics of the advancements and applications of natural food additives in foods and their sustainable packaging. The book will assist the academic community (teachers, researchers, and students), industry personnel, and other related stakeholders engaged in this field.

Contents

Part I: Natural Additives in Food. 1. Introduction to Natural Food Additives. 2. Natural Antimicrobials as Food Preservatives. 3. Natural Antioxidants as Food Preservatives. 4. Natural Flavoring Compounds and Aroma Enhancers: Their Use in Food Products and Food Packaging. 5. Natural Colorants in Food. 6. Natural Hydrocolloids in Food. 7. Natural Sweeteners in Food. Part II: Natural Additives/Fillers in Sustainable Food Packaging. 8. An Overview of Natural Additives in Food Packaging. 9. Essential Oils in Active Food Packaging Systems. 10. Plant Extract in Active and Intelligent Food Packaging Systems. 11. Natural Colors as pH Indicators in Intelligent Food Packaging Systems. 12. Gas- and Temperature-Responsive Natural Pigment-Based Intelligent Films. 13. Anthocyanins in Active and Intelligent Food Packaging System. 14. Curcumin in Active and Intelligent Food Packaging System. 15. Intelligent Packaging for Commercial Food Products. 16. Innovative Packaging Solutions from Agri-food Wastes and By-products. 17. Regulatory Aspects of Smart and Intelligent Packaging.