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Starches in Smart Packaging

  • 1st Edition - September 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Swarup Roy, Pratap Kalita
  • Language: English

Starches in Smart Packaging explores the innovative use of biodegradable, starch-based polymers in developing sustainable packaging solutions. Derived from natural resources such a… Read more

Description

Starches in Smart Packaging explores the innovative use of biodegradable, starch-based polymers in developing sustainable packaging solutions. Derived from natural resources such as maize, rice, and tubers, starch is a non-toxic, eco-friendly material with great potential to replace conventional plastics. This book addresses the growing need for environmentally responsible packaging by covering research from laboratory studies to industrial applications, focusing on smart packaging for food preservation, quality monitoring, and active packaging functionalities. Content includes discussions on starch extraction processes, fabrication techniques, and methods to enhance properties like barrier, thermal, and mechanical performance.

It also examines the incorporation of bioactives, nanomaterials, natural colorants, and cross-linkers to create advanced packaging materials. Finally, the book highlights applications in extending shelf life, monitoring food freshness, and ensuring safety, alongside considerations for large-scale production, biodegradability, and sustainability. Regulatory frameworks, consumer acceptance, and future challenges in the field round out the content.

Key features

  • Offers comprehensive insights into the latest advancements in starch-based smart packaging technologies
  • Explores sustainable, eco-friendly alternatives to conventional plastic packaging derived from natural resources
  • Covers applications in extending food shelf life and improving quality monitoring systems

Readership

Students, Researchers in food science and technology, polymer science, packaging science and technology or professionals and industrialists in the field of food technology and packaging technology

Table of contents

1. Introduction to starches in smart packaging

2. Starch extraction process and its impact on packaging

3. Emerging fabrication process of starch based smart packaging

4. Barrier, thermal and mechanical properties of starch based smart packaging

5. Antioxidant, antimicrobial and light barrier properties of starch based smart packaging

6. Starch nanoparticles reinforced biopolymer based active and intelligent packaging

7. Starch based smart packaging added with nanomaterials

8. Starch based smart packaging incorporated with plant bioactives

9. Starch based active packaging added with cross-linker

10. Starch based packaging material added with natural colorant

11. Application of starch film and coatings in improving shelf life of fresh and processed food

12. Application of starch based packaging in monitoring quality of fresh and processed food

13. Industrialization application of starch-based smart packaging

14. Biodegradability, composability, environmental fate, and relevant standards in starch based packaging

15. Regulatory frameworks and consumer acceptance of starch based packaging

16. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and sustainability of starch based packaging

17. Safety aspects, Challenges and future outlook in starch based packaging

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Swarup Roy

Dr. Swarup Roy is an assistant professor at the Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, India. Dr. Roy is an eminent scholar at the Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee Universiy, Republic of Korea. He previously worked at the School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, Shoolini University, India. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the BioNanocomposite Research Center, Kyung Hee University and Inha University, Republic of Korea, and a research associate at IIT Indore, India. He obtained PhD in biochemistry from University of Kalyani as a DST INSPIRE fellow. His research work is focused on the preparation and application of biopolymer-based functional composite material for active and intelligent packaging applications.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, India

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Pratap Kalita

Dr. Pratap Kalita, M. Pharm, Ph. D is Associate Professor of Pratiksha Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India. He has received his B. Pharm. from NET Pharmacy College, Raichur, Karnataka affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore; M. Pharm. in Pharmaceutics from RIPANS affiliated to Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Assam Science and Technology University, Guwahati, Assam, India. He serves as a Reviewer for several reputed journals and presented several scientific papers, attended a number of national and international conferences. He has received several awards during his professional carrier. He is a member of different professional bodies around the world and involve enthusiastically in scientific research on biopolymers, biomass valorization, bioactives, packaging science, drug delivery, formulation development etc. and to develop active research culture.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Pratiksha Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India