Electrospinning in Food Packaging: Current Trend and Future Direction

Abstract

Food packaging is a multidisciplinary field that includes food science, chemistry, engineering materials sciences and microbiology. Food packaging has sparked great interest in protecting the freshness and quality of foods and their raw materials from oxidation and microbial spoilage. Nanotechnology, especially electrospinning, has shown promising results in fabricating sophisticated food packaging materials. The current paper aims to review, highlight, discuss and challenge the latest electrospun food packaging studies. We will not only summarize the studies but also challenge the applied methods, materials and results. Moreover, we offer a more practical point of view regarding the industrial translation of electrospun food packaging.