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Edible and Biodegradable Starch Films: A Review

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Mainly due to environmental aims, petroleum-based plastics are being replaced by natural polymers. In the last decades, starch has been evaluated in its film-forming ability for applications in the food packaging area. Characteristics of the starch film matrices, the film formation methods, and physicochemical properties of the starch films are reviewed in this paper. The influences of different components added in casting methods and thermoplastic processes have been also analyzed. Comparison of mechanical properties of newly prepared starch films and stored films reveals that the recrystallization phenomenon made the films more rigid and less stretchable. These effects can be inhibited by adding other polymers to the starch matrix. Other approaches to improve the starch films’ properties are the reinforcement by adding organic or inorganic fillers to the starch matrix as well as the addition of functional compounds. In this way starch films have improved mechanical and barrier properties and can act as a bioactive packaging. Physicochemical properties of the starch films showed a great variability depending on the compounds added to the matrix and the processing method. Nevertheless, dry methods are more recommendable for film manufacturing because of the greater feasibility of the industrial process. In this sense, a better understanding of the nano and microstructural changes occurring in the matrices and their impact on the film properties is required.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia throughout the project AGL2010-20694, con-financed with FEDER founds. A. Jiménez also thanks Conselleria de Educació de la Comunitat Valenciana for the FPI grant. Author M.J. Fabra thanks the Campus de Excelencia Internacional VLC/CAMPUS for their support.

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Jiménez, A., Fabra, M.J., Talens, P. et al. Edible and Biodegradable Starch Films: A Review. Food Bioprocess Technol 5, 2058–2076 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-012-0835-4

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