Novel Packaging Systems for Fruits and Vegetables

A comprehensive overview of the new technologies in food packaging of fruits and vegetables, emphasizing new commercially available packaging technologies. It covers the mechanical, physical, and permeability properties and recent developments in biopolymers.

Kirtiraj K. Gaikwad, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paper Technology, IIT Roorkee, India. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, UK. Before joining IIT Roorkee, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Ecole Polytechnic de Montreal, Canada. He has mainly worked in the field of food packaging technology. Dr. Gaikwad has published 70 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, international patents, and book chapters, and he co-authored the book Food Packaging System. Dr. Gaikwad has received several national and international awards for his work as well as several grants from DST, SERB, and UCOST funding agencies to carry out his research projects.
Suman Singh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at VCSG Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Dehradun, India. Dr. Singh worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Yonsei University, South Korea, and mainly worked on active packaging materials (antimicrobial, scavenger, and temperature-sensitivity materials) for the delivery of high-quality, safe, and fresh produce and prolonging the shelf life of fresh produce using packaging. Dr. Singh received several national and international awards, as well as an INSPIRE Fellowship for her PhD program. Dr. Singh has published over 50 research papers in SCI-indexed journals and three book chapters, and she co-authored the book Food Packaging System.