Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym12020417
Keywords
chitosan; composites; food packaging; thermoplastic chitosan films
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- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia within the R&D Units Project Scope [UID/EMS/04077/2019, UIDP/04077/2020]
- Associate Laboratory for Green Chemistry-LAQV - FCT/MCTES [UID/QUI/50006/2019, UIDB/50006/2020]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [UID/EMS/04077/2019] Funding Source: FCT
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Chitosan-based composites play an important role in food packaging applications and can be used either as films or as edible coatings. Due to their high costs and lower performance (i.e., lower barrier against water vapor, thermal, and mechanical properties) when compared to the traditional petroleum-based plastics, the use of such biopolymers in large-scale is still limited. Several approaches of chitosan composites in the packaging industry are emerging to overcome some of the disadvantages of pristine polymers. Thus, this work intends to present the current trends and the future challenges towards production and application of chitosan composites in the food packaging industry.
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