Document Type : Review Paper

Authors

• J. Mohammadzade Milani ¹
• bahareh dehghan ²

¹ Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari

² sari agricultural sciences and natural resources university

Abstract

One of the significant challenges in the industry of food packaging is a high demand for fresh, healthy, and safe foods with maximum shelf life. Selecting suitable packaging materials can be helpful to retain the quality of the food product. Petroleum-based plastics, because of their various structure and strength, are widely applied in many industries, for example, the packaging industry. Nowadays, the replacement of petroleum-based polymers with biodegradable polymers has been expanded in food packaging due to limited oil storage, the increased prices of petroleum, environmental pollution, and rapid global warming. In this review, the different types of biopolyester, their production process, and usage in the food packaging and pharmaceutical are discussed. The products of agriculture and even their wastes are applied as the raw material for biopolyester production. Therefore, the use of biodegradable polymers is very valuable due to the increase of saving energy for other products producing, reducing the chemical costs, and increasing the value of agriculture waste.

Keywords

• Biodegradable polymer
• Biopolyester
• Food packaging
• Drug delivery

Main Subjects

• Food Packaging