Films based on biopolymers from conventional and non conventional sources

SOBRAL, PAULO; ALVARADO, J.; ZARITZKY, N.; LAURINDO, J.; GÓMEZ-GUILLLÉN, CARMEN; MONTERO, PILAR; DENAVI, GABRIELA; MOLINA ORTIZ, SARA; MAURI, ADRIANA; PINOTTI, ADRIANA; GARCÍA, ALEJANDRA; MARTINO, MIRIAM; CARVALHO, R

Food Engineering: Integrated Approaches

Springer

Lugar: Nueva York; Año: 2008; p. 193 - 223

Edible films are thin materials based on biopolymers. These films are also biodegradable and because of that, these materials have attracted the attention of the food science academic community in the last decades. The main biopolymers used in edible films productions are polysaccharides and proteins. The polysaccharide most used in edible film technology is starch, because it is produced abundantly and is inexpensive. Other polysaccharides such as chitosan and some cellulose derivatives have also been studied. This work will present and discuss some aspects of edible and or biodegradable film technology based on biopolymers from conventional or less conventional resources.