Affiliation:
1. Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 110016, India
2. Agricultural Processing and Structure, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi, 110012, India
Abstract
Synthetic polymers are widely used globally for food and other packagings playing an
important role in food packaging during transportation, handling and also increasing shelf-life of
product at a controlled atmospheric condition. Most of the time, plastic is preferred as a packaging
material due to its inherent properties like light in weight, strength, durability, availability,
convenience and relatively inexpensive. In this review, it has been tried to preface some plastic
material, their sustainability, adaptability, advantages and disadvantages over the packaging of
any food product and trying to clarify the different properties of plastic materials and their effect
on packaged food.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Nutrition and Dietetics,Food Science
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