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The intertwine of nanotechnology with the food industry

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SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 27-30

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.09.004

Keywords

Nanotechnology; Antimicrobial packaging; Nanosensors; Nanoemulsions; Nanoparticles; Nanocomposites

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  1. Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (IPET) through High Value-added Food Technology Development Program - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) [116045-1]

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The past decade has proven the competence of nanotechnology in almost all known fields. The evolution of nanotechnology today in the area of the food industry has been largely and has had a lot of contribution in the food processing, food package, and food preservation. The increasing global human population has come with growing population to be fed, and food production is not adjusted to at par with the growing population. This mismatch has shown the real essence of food preservation so that food products can reach to people on a global scale. The introduction of nanotechnology in the food industry has made it easy to transport foods to different parts of the world by extending the shelf-life of most food products. Even with this beneficial aspect of nanotechnology, it has not been proven an entire full-proof measure, and the field is still open to changing technology. It suffices to note that nanotechnology has to a big extent succeed in curbing the extent of food wastage due to food spoilage by the microbial infestation. Nanotechnology has focused on fresh foods, ensuring a healthier food by employing nano-delivery systems in the process. The delivery systems are the ones, which carries the food supplements. However, these are certain sets of regulations that must be followed to tame or control the health related risks of nanotechnology in food industries. This paper outlines the role of nanotechnology at different levels of the food industry including, packaging of food, processing of food and the various preservation techniques all aiming to increase the shelf life of the food products. (C) 2017 The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.

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