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Food Engineering Progress
Korean Society for Food Engineering

Food Eng. Prog. 2010; 14(4):283-291

pISSN: 1226-4768, eISSN: 2288-1247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13050/foodengprog.2010.14.4.283

Article

A Review on the Application of Nanotechnology in Food Processing and Packaging

Seong-In Cho1, Yong-Rok Kim2, Joon Woo Lee3, Dae-Sup So3,*, Yong-Jin Cho4, Hyun Kwon Suh1, Tu San Park1, Seoung-Im Oh2, Ji-Eun Im2
1Department of Biosystems Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
2Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
3Information Analysis Center, KISTI, Seoul 130-741, Korea
4Bio-Nanotechnology Research Center, Korea Food Research Institute, Seonman 463-746, Korea
*Corresponding author: Dae-Sup So, Information Analysis Center, KISTI, 66 Hoegiro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-741, Korea, Tel: +82-2-3299-6014; Fax: +82-2-3299-6041, E-mail : dasus@kisti.re.kr

ⓒ Copyright 2010 Korean Society for Food Engineering. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Sep 01, 2009; Revised: Sep 20, 2010; Accepted: Sep 23, 2010

Published Online: Nov 30, 2010

Abatract

Currently, nanotechnology is widely applied in various industrial fields and is rapidly emerging as a promising future technology. In food industries, nanotechnology is used to enhance food quality and safety. Numerous cutting-edge studies on the advantages of nanotechnology have been conducted in the fields of food processing, food ingredients and additives, food packaging, and food engineering for optimal health. The market for these areas of research has grown steadily, and is expected to continue to do so. Because of this, R&D for nanotechnology that can be used effectively in food industries is being performed by several companies, as well as in academic research institutions around the world. This review describes the recent global R&D trends that have been in progress for two key areas: food processing and food packaging.

Keywords: nanotechnology; food processing; food packaging