A REVIEW ON BIODEGRADABLE STARCH BASED FILM

Authors

  • Hooman Molavi
  • Somayyeh Behfar
  • Mohammad Ali Shariati
  • Mehdi Kaviani
  • Shirin Atarod

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15414/jmbfs.2015.4.5.456-461

Keywords:

Biodegradable films, biopolymers, starch

Abstract

In recent years, biodegradable edible films have become very important in research related to food, due to their compatibility with the environment and their use in the food packaging industry. Various sources can be used in the production of biopolymers as biodegradable films that include polysaccharides, proteins and lipids. Among the various polysaccharides, starch due to its low price and its abundance in nature is of significant importance. Several factors affect the properties of starch films; such as the source which starch is obtained from, as well as the ratio of constituents of the starch. Starch films have advantages such as low thickness, flexibility and transparency though; there are some downsides to mention, such as the poor mechanical properties and water vapor permeability. Thus, using starch alone to produce the film will led to restrictions on its use. To improve the mechanical properties of starch films and also increases resistance against humidity, several methods can be used; including the starch modifying techniques such as cross linking of starch and combining starch with other natural polymers. Other methods such as the use of lipid in formulations of films to increase the resistance to moisture are possible, but lipids are susceptible to oxidation. Therefore, new approaches are based on the integration of different biopolymers in food packaging.

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Published

2015-04-01

How to Cite

Molavi, H., Behfar, S., Ali Shariati, M., Kaviani, M., & Atarod, S. (2015). A REVIEW ON BIODEGRADABLE STARCH BASED FILM. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 4(5), 456–461. https://doi.org/10.15414/jmbfs.2015.4.5.456-461

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Food Sciences