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Biodegradable Films for Fruits and Vegetables Packaging Application: Preparation and Properties

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Fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are highly perishable commodities. Packaging forms an important tool to maintain the shelf life of packed fresh-cut agricultural produce. Petroleum-based films are conventionally used for fresh fruits and vegetables. However, being nonbiodegradable and derivability from nonrenewable resources, these films lead towards serious ecological problems. To address this issue, various efforts have been focused on renewable and biodegradable films obtained from biopolymers. Widely studied biopolymers for film preparation are derived from biomass (gelatin, starch, cellulose, etc.), microbes (polyhydroxyalkanoates), and bio-derived monomers (polylactic acid). However, such films possess poor mechanical and barrier properties as compared to their commercial counterparts. Incorporation of various additives has been proposed to improve the film characteristics. In the present review, comprehensive information has been provided on different methodologies for film fabrication, properties, and applications of stand-alone bio-based films for packaging of fresh-cut produce. Furthermore, successful commercial implementation of such film is also summarized.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Ministry of Higher Education for the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme - Malaysia’s Rising Star Award 2015 (FRGS-203/PTEKIND/6711531).

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  1. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia

    H. P. S. Abdul Khalil, Chaturbhuj K. Saurabh, Y. Y. Tye & A. A. Karim

  2. Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology, Tilak College of Science & Commerce, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 400032, India

    Aparajita Banerjee

  3. Nanotechnology Research Centre, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universitii Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900, Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia

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  4. Mechanical Engineering Department, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Ache, 23111, Indonesia

    Samsul Rizal

  5. Institute of Tropical Forestry & Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Malaysia

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Abdul Khalil, H.P.S., Banerjee, A., Saurabh, C.K. et al. Biodegradable Films for Fruits and Vegetables Packaging Application: Preparation and Properties. Food Eng Rev 10, 139–153 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12393-018-9180-3

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