... barrier and poor mechanical properties of these biodegradable packaging materials have limited their widespread use in the food packaging industry. Other reasons for the limited use of these agricultural-based packaging materials over plastics are their sustainability, durability, cost-effectiveness...

... pandemic. Findings The results showed that the participants had slightly higher than average knowledge and good food safety practices with mean scores of 9.75 ± 2.23 and 24.87 ± 2.28, respectively. Contracting COVID-19 from food and food packaging materials was of high concern for more than 70...

... ingredients to develop functional foods, packaging material and other technological processes and the impact of different storage conditions on its shelf life and quality (Giordani et al., 2011 ; Butt et al., 2015 ; Ramachandraiah et al., 2017 ; Conesa et al., 2020...

...% respectively). Regarding the juice, most of the participants thought that the glass bottles have the highest quality, were the safest, the healthiest and the most frequently bought (64.9, 37.4, 68.4 and 52.9%, respectively). Those who reported that safety is the most important characteristic for food packaging...

...Samuel Ayofemi Olalekan Adeyeye Purpose Nanotechnology as an emerging area if adequately harnessed could revolutionise food packaging and food processing industry worldwide. Although several benefits of nano-materials or particles in food packaging have been suggested, potential risks and health...

...Rajan Sharma; Gargi Ghoshal Purpose The purpose of this study is to review the recent approaches in food packaging trends to address the preferences of the modern world. Design/methodology/approach Recent studies in all the emerging food packaging technologies have been discussed...

...Natalia Vila-López; Inés Küster-Boluda Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give some recommendations about how to design a low fat food aliment packaging. Design/methodology/approach – A review of previous studies that have analysed food packaging decisions considering personal...

...Preeti Singh; Gyanendra Kumar Goyal Purpose Consumer's demand for fresh, naturally preserved, food products has grown dramatically in recent years. Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) has proved to be most innovative growth area in food packaging. Studies have been conducted to increase the shelf...

... significant differences existed. H.O. Agu can be contacted at: agu2001ng@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Cereals Food packaging Acids Nigeria It is necessary to reduce the labourous process of dambu production using mechanical dehulling and milling procedures...

... and vitamin C was considerably higher in glass and PET bottles than in flexible film package. However, addition of table sugar or increasing storage temperature from 5 to 27°C affected colour stability. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Fruits Drinks Food packaging Quality Roselle...