Nanotechnology offers the unprecedented and paradigm changing opportunity to transform the entire food industry, changing the way food is produced, processed, packaged, transported, and consumed. Nanotechnology has been described as the new industrial revolution and both developed and developing countries are investing in this technology to secure a market share. It has been estimated that more than 400 companies around the world today are active in nanotechnology research and development and this number is expected to increase to more than 1000 in the next ten years. However, the full potential of nanotechnology in the agricultural and food industry has still not been realised. In what concerns the food industry, it is well known that most of the food giants support specific research programmes to capture a share of the nanofood market in the next decade. Nanotechnology have in fact the potential to change the existing system of food processing and to ensure the safety of food products, creating a future in which people can rely more on renewable resources to meet society's needs for energy, chemicals and raw materials. This study, after a brief discussion on the potentialities of nanotechnologies in the food sector, presents the results obtained by the food nanotechnology group of DeFENS in the production of electrospun edible membranes by using highly biocompatible material and low energy technique.

Food nano-technology and bio-economy / M.S. Cosio - In: International ISEKI conference : book of abstracts[s.l] : s.n., 2014 May 22. - ISBN 9789608978980. - pp. 78-78 (( Intervento presentato al 3. convegno International ISEKI_Food Conference "Food Science and Technology Excellence for a Sustainable Bioeconomy" tenutosi a Athens nel 2014.

Food nano-technology and bio-economy

M.S. Cosio
Membro del Collaboration Group
2014

Abstract

Nanotechnology offers the unprecedented and paradigm changing opportunity to transform the entire food industry, changing the way food is produced, processed, packaged, transported, and consumed. Nanotechnology has been described as the new industrial revolution and both developed and developing countries are investing in this technology to secure a market share. It has been estimated that more than 400 companies around the world today are active in nanotechnology research and development and this number is expected to increase to more than 1000 in the next ten years. However, the full potential of nanotechnology in the agricultural and food industry has still not been realised. In what concerns the food industry, it is well known that most of the food giants support specific research programmes to capture a share of the nanofood market in the next decade. Nanotechnology have in fact the potential to change the existing system of food processing and to ensure the safety of food products, creating a future in which people can rely more on renewable resources to meet society's needs for energy, chemicals and raw materials. This study, after a brief discussion on the potentialities of nanotechnologies in the food sector, presents the results obtained by the food nanotechnology group of DeFENS in the production of electrospun edible membranes by using highly biocompatible material and low energy technique.
bioeconomy; bio-membranes; nanotechnology
Settore AGR/15 - Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari
22-mag-2014
Iseki - Food Assocition (IFA), Iseki_Food 4 (IFOOD4) project, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
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