Active Edible Packaging

Active edible packaging is a food packaging made of comestible bioproducts and active compounds that interacts with the food. The bioproducts, usually biopolymers, must be recognized as safe and with characteristics to be consumed by humans—comestible—and not toxic and capable of carrying an active...

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Main Authors: Cássia H. Barbosa, Mariana A. Andrade, Fernanda Vilarinho, Ana Luísa Fernando, Ana Sanches Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Encyclopedia
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8392/1/2/30