Chapter 1 Standard and new processing techniques used in the preparation of films and coatings at the lab level and scale-up

BERTUZZI MARÍA A.; SLAVUTSKY ANIBAL M

Edible Films and Coatings: Fundamentals and Applications

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Año: 2016; p. 1 - 22

Summary (book) The search for strategies to preserve foods with minimal changes during processing is always of great interest. Traditionally, edible films and coatings have been used as a partial barrier to moisture, oxygen, and carbon dioxide through selective permeability to gases, as well as improving mechanical handling properties. This book covers the newest generation of edible films and coatings that are being especially designed to allow the incorporation and/or controlled release of specific additives by means of nanoencapsulation, layer-by-layer assembly, and other promising technologies. This chapter summarizes the methods and technologies most commonly used in the preparation and formation of edible films and coatings at lab and industrial scale. The fundamentals of those methods and techniques are deeply discussed.