Revolutionizing seafood packaging: advancements in biopolymer smart nano-packaging for extended shelf-life and quality assurance

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2025-02-01

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2025-02-20

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Koirala P, Sagar NA, Thuanthong A, et al., (2025) Revolutionizing seafood packaging: advancements in biopolymer smart nano-packaging for extended shelf-life and quality assurance. Food Research International, Volume 203, February 2025, Article number 115826

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Food packaging is one of the most important strategies to prevent food damage or spoilage during storage and the supply chain. Among various food types, seafood, a high-value product, is particularly vulnerable to post-harvest quality loss and microbial contamination during storage. Although current plastic-based packaging materials are durable, they pose a serious threat to the environment. Therefore, research on natural biopolymers for packaging is a top priority for scientists, industries, and government bodies. Additionally, nanoengineering concepts enhance the physicochemical and functional properties of biopolymers, thereby revolutionizing the packaging industry. This review provides a comprehensive discussion on smart nano-packaging for seafood products. It focuses on advancements in biopolymer smart nano-packaging as a transformative solution for extending the shelf life and ensuring the quality of seafood products. Existing knowledge highlights the functionality of biopolymers and nanotechnology, but gaps remain in addressing practical applications, such as scalability, cost-efficiency, and consumer safety. This review bridges these gaps by providing a detailed analysis of biopolymer-based active and intelligent packaging systems, which integrate antioxidant, antimicrobial, and freshness-indicating properties. It emphasizes the unique contributions of nanoengineering to enhance biopolymer properties, offering innovative solutions to the seafood packaging industry while promoting environmental sustainability.

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Antimicrobial properties, Biopolymer packaging, Environmental sustainability, Seafood shelf life, Smart nano-packaging, 30 Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences, 3006 Food Sciences, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, Food Science, 3006 Food sciences, 3210 Nutrition and dietetics, 4004 Chemical engineering

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European Commission
This research has received funding support from the NSRF via the Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research, and Innovation, Thailand, Grant number B48G660106.
This research was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Faisal University under project no. GRANT A512.
Sandeep Jagtap acknowledges the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme RISE under grant agreement no. 823759 (REMESH).