Bacterial Cellulose as a Raw Material for Food and Food Packaging Applications
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Bacterial cellulose (BC) has been produced for a number of applications, mainly focused on the biomedical area. Although there is a variety of interesting applications of BC for food and food packaging, only a few have been explored to the moment, since the high cost of BC production is usually considered as a limiting factor. On the other hand, several cost-effective culture media have been proposed, contributing to reduce BC production costs. This article overviews the bioprocess conditions that affects BC production and the main possible applications of BC for food and food packaging purposes.
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As more glucan chains are secreted and assembled, they intertwine to form a three-dimensional network, resulting in bacterial cellulose membranes.
“As more glucan chains are secreted and assembled, they intertwine to form a three-dimensional network structure, ultimately resulting in bacterial cellulose membranes [67].”
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- Authors
- Azeredo, H. M. C., Barud, H., Farinas, C. S., Vasconcellos, V. M., & Claro, A. M.
- Affiliations
- Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical (BR)
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Azeredo, Henriette M. C.
- Venue
- Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2019-02-18
- Volume
- 3
- ISSN
- 2571-581X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2915443992
- Cited by
- 495
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 31 · 2025: 68 · 2024: 80 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 87 · 2021: 93 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 14
- FWCI
- 17.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2016/ 10636-8, 2013/ 07276‐1, 2013/07276?, 2016/10636, 16/10636-8)
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (2013/072761, 2016/10636-8, 01.14.03.001.03.00)
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (01.14.03.001.03.00, PR2-0101-00023.01.00/15, 03.14.04.007.00.00)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (01.14.03.001.03.00, 2016-5, 2014‐2, 2016/10636-8, 302381/2016-3, 03.14.04.007.00.00, 401182/2014-2, 2013/07276-1, PR2-0101-00023.01.00/15)
- Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (01.14.03.001.03.00, PR2-0101-00023.01.00/15, 03.14.04.007.00.00)
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
- Keywords
- bacterial cellulose, food packaging, biodegradable packaging, culture media, production cost reduction, food applications, biopolymers
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