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Over the last decades, nanotechnology has been gaining importance in a
broad number of areas, also including the food industry sector. This
relatively recent domain of nanoscience and nanotechnology has
revolutionised the food sector, and its potential is enormous. The
challenges for industrials and consumers are increasing, focusing on
aspects like food safety, the extension of shelf life, reducing food waste,
safe transportation and storage of food products, not forgetting smart and
intelligent packaging solutions, among many others. These are at the core
of the technological applications of nanotechnology in the domain of
food products and packaging. Besides, also nanotechnology applications
are found in the food processing or sensory and health properties of
foods. As a general view, nanotechnology applications in the food sector
can be categorised into two separate groups: food nanostructured
ingredients and food nanosensing. The first comprises many applications,
going from food processing to food packaging. In food processing, the
nanostructures can be used as food additives, carriers for smart delivery
of nutrients, anticaking agents, antimicrobial agents, and fillers to
improve the mechanical strength and durability of the packaging
material. The latter, food nanosensing, is used to enhance food quality
and safety control. This chapter will present some of the potentialities of
nanotechnology in the food industry.
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nanotechnology food industry nanosensing packaging processing
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Çelik S, Gkorogia V, Guiné RPF (2022) The Use of Nanotechnology for Food Applications. In Bartul Z, Trenoor J (Eds) Advances in Nanotechnology. Chapter 1, pp. 1-29, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA.
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA