Edible Food Packaging with Natural Hydrocolloids and Active Agents - Paperback

by Ahmet Yemenicioğlu (Author)

The book provides readers with state-of-the-art developments in antimicrobial, antioxidant and bioactive packaging based on natural hydrocolloids and active agents.

Author Biography

Ahmet Yemenicioğlu is a food scientist with a PhD from Ankara University, Turkey. He has been a professor in the food engineering department of Izmir Institute of Technology since 1999. In the last 20 years, his focus has been in discovering novel packaging applications and strategies for enhancing the performance of active edible packaging. He is best known with research studies adapting controlled release strategies for natural active agents incorporated into edible films.