This Brief is concerned with the material chemistry of food packaging materials. It introduces the properties and peculiarities of typical packaging materials,

This book provides valuable information on a range of food packaging topics. It serves as a source for students, professionals and packaging engineers who need

The value of the groceries purchases in the USA is over $500 billion annually, most of which is accounted for by packaged foods. Plastic packaging of foods is n

Because of the increasing pressure on both food safety and packaging/food waste, the topic is important both for academics, applied research, industry and also

Plastics have developed into the most important class of packaging materials. Their relative impermeability for substances from the surroundings has great influ