Nanotechnology Applications in Food

• Author : Alexandru Grumezescu,Alexandra Elena Oprea
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2017-02-22
• ISBN : 9780128119433

Nanotechnology Applications in Food: Flavor, Stability, Nutrition, and Safety is an up-to-date, practical, applications-based reference that discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each application to help researchers, scientists, and bioengineers know what and what not to do to improve and facilitate the production of food ingredients and monitor food safety. The book offers a broad spectrum of topics trending in the food industry, such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, and antimicrobial approaches in food, highlighting current concerns regarding safety, regulations, and the

• Author : Seid Mahdi Jafari
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2020-06-17
• ISBN : 9780128160428

Food Nanotechnology: Applications and Approaches is the definitive guide on all aspects of nano-sized ingredients and devices for the food sector. The book brings science and applications together on the nano-scale into nano-structured food materials, with an emphasis on their production, processing, engineering, characterization, and applications of food materials containing true nano-sized dimensions or nano-structures that enable novel/enhanced properties or functions. All chapters emphasize original results relating to experimental, theoretical, computational, and/or applications of nano-materials in food. Topics

• Author : C. Anandharamakrishnan,S. Parthasarathi
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2019-01-22
• ISBN : 9781498767187

Nanotechnology offers great potential to revolutionize conventional food science and the food industry. The use of nanotechnology in the food industry promises improved taste, flavor, color, texture, and consistency of foodstuffs and increased absorption and bioavailability of nutraceuticals. Food Nanotechnology: Principles and Applications examines the current state of nanoscale phenomena and processes, benefits and risks of nanotechnology. This work contains 18 chapters particularly focused on the design, production, and utilization of nanoparticles, with specific applications for the food industry. Through several

• Author : Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee,Gan Jet Hong Melvin,Md. Mizanur Rahman
• Publisher : Springer
• Release Date : 2019-01-16
• ISBN : 9783319996028

Applications of nanotechnology are the remarkable sizes dependent on physiochemical properties of nanomaterials that have led to the developed protocols for synthesizing nanomaterials over a range of size, shapes and chemical compositions. Nanomaterials are normally powders composed of nanoparticles which exhibit properties that are different from powders. Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale with their wide applications in energy sector, including -but not limited to- energy resources, energy conversion, energy storage, and energy usage; drug

• Author : Deepak Kumar Verma,Megh R. Goya,Hafiz Anasr Rasul Suleria
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2019-08-23
• ISBN : 9780429758676

This new volume discusses the multitude of possibilities for new development in nanotechnology that focuses on overcoming the problems and challenges faced by the biomedical and food industries. The volume hopes to facilitate the development of devices and materials that benefit patients and their healthcare. The book is broken into three parts that cover: nanotechnology techniques for biomedical applications nanoparticles and materials for food, health, and pharmaceutical application potential applications of nanotechnology in food safety

• Author : Qasim Chaudhry,Laurence Castle,Richard Watkins
• Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Release Date : 2017-05-17
• ISBN : 9781788011365

Nanotechnologies in Food provides an overview of the products and applications of nanotechnologies in agri-food and related sectors. Following on from the success of the first edition, this new edition has been revised and updated to bring the reader fully up to date on the emerging technological, societal, and policy and regulatory aspects in relation to nanotechnologies in food. This book contains new chapters discussing some of the aspects that have attracted a lot of debate and research in recent

• Author : Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai,Radhakrishnan Edayileveettil Krishnankutty,Aswathy Jayakumar,Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa,Suchart Siengchin
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2022-05-31
• ISBN : 9783527347735

Nanotechnology-Enhanced Food Packaging Timely overview of functional food packaging made with nanotechnology and nanomaterials In Nanotechnology-Enhanced Food Packaging, a distinguished group of researchers delivers a comprehensive and insightful introduction to the application of nanomaterials in food packaging. This edited volume covers recent innovations—as well as future perspectives—in the industry and offers a complete overview of different types of nanomaterials used in food packaging. The book also discusses the use of nanoparticles in the development of active and functional

• Author : Monique A. V. Axelos,Marcel Van de Voorde
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2017-03-07
• ISBN : 9783527697717

A comprehensive overview of the current state of this highly relevant topic. An interdisciplinary team of researchers reports on the opportunities and challenges of nanotechnology in the agriculture and food sector, highlighting the scientific, technical, regulatory, safety, and societal impacts. They also discuss the perspectives for the future, and provide insights into ways of assuring safety so as to obtain confidence for the consumer, as well as an overview of the innovations and applications. Essential reading for materials and agricultural

• Author : Alexandru Grumezescu
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2016-05-13
• ISBN : 9780128043790

Novel Approaches of Nanotechnology in Food, a volume in the Nanotechnology in the Agri-Food Industry series, represents a summary of the most recent advances made in the field of nanostructured materials that have significant impact on the agri-food industry. Because the current food market needs innovation, nanotechnology coupled with novel interdisciplinary approaches and processing methods has enabled important advances that have the potential to revolutionize agri-food sector. Nanotechnology can serve to resolve challenges faced by the food and bioprocessing industries

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2018-11-16
• ISBN : 9780128141311

Nanomaterials for Food Applications highlights recent developments in nanotechnologies, covering the different food areas where these novel products or technologies can be applied. The book covers five major themes, showing how nanotechnology is used in food, the use of ingredients in nanoform to improve bioavailability or nanoencapsulation technologies, nanotechnologies for food processing, nanosensors for food quality and safety, nanotechnologies for food packaging, and methods to evaluate potential risks and regulatory issues. This is an important research reference that will be

• Author : Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Food Forum
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release Date : 2009-10-21
• ISBN : 9780309147002

In the food industry, scientists are exploring the potential of nanotechnology to enhance the flavor and other sensory characteristics of foods, introduce antibacterial nanostructures into food packaging and encapsulate and deliver nutrients directly into targeted tissues, among other applications. However, as with any new technology, along with the benefits, there is the potential for unanticipated adverse effects. There is still a great deal to learn about any health outcomes related to introducing nanosized materials into foods and food packaging materials.

• Author : Humberto Hernández-Sánchez,Gustavo Fidel Gutiérrez-López
• Publisher : Springer
• Release Date : 2015-05-14
• ISBN : 9783319135960

Nanoscience and nanotechnology have had a great impact on the food industry. They have increased the nutritional and functional properties of a number of food products and have aided in food preservation through the addition of antimicrobials or the reduction of water activity. These and many other applications have emerged in recent years to transform food science and technology. This book proposes to look at some of these applications and their effect on food production and innovation.

• Author : Vellaichamy Chelladurai,Digvir S. Jayas
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2018-11-15
• ISBN : 9781351649209

Potential applications of nanotechnology in food industry include: encapsulation and delivery of substances in targeted sites, increasing flavor, introducing antibacterial nanoparticles into food, enhancing shelf life, sensing contamination, improved food storage, tracking, tracing, and brand protection. This book provides a basic understanding of the nanoscience and nanotechnology and their applications to different food industry sectors, covering both benefits and drawbacks using nanotechnology in food processing and discussing the development of an international regulatory framework.

• Author : Mahendra Rai,Caue Ribeiro,Luiz Mattoso,Nelson Duran
• Publisher : Springer
• Release Date : 2015-03-31
• ISBN : 9783319140247

This book presents a comprehensive overview of new and emerging nanotechnologies. It includes aspects of nanoparticle monitoring, toxicity, and public perception, and covers applications that address both crop growing and treatment of agricultural wastewater. Topics include nanoagrochemicals (nanofertilizers, -pesticides, -herbicides), nanobiosensors, and nanotechnologies for food processing, packaging, and storage, crop improvement and plant disease control. The group of expert authors is led by an experienced team of editors.

• Author : Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu,Alina Maria Holban
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2018-01-20
• ISBN : 9780128114933

The Impact of Nanoscience in the Food Industry, Volume 12 in The Handbook of Food Bioengineering series, explores how nanoscience applications in food engineering offer an alternative to satisfying current food needs that cannot be fulfilled by natural products. Nanotechnology enables the development of tailored food ingredients and structures to replace products that are difficult to obtain. The book discusses how specialized nano-preservatives, sensors and food degradation and contamination detectors were developed and how they can be introduced in food products