Edible Films and Coatings For Fruits and Vegetables

edible film and coating are enhancing value to agricultural and food industries by-products. With this backdrop, this book on Edible Films and Coatings for Fruits and Vegetables was organized and created. This book brings together edible film and coating experts from various scientific disciplines from the academic and research institutions. The book starts with a valuable edible films and coatings historical and general overview and structure¿function relationship of biomaterials used in the preparation of edible films and coatings (proteins, polysaccharide gums, starches and waxes and lipids).In this book is the discussion of commercial manufacture of edible films and coatings authored by one of the pioneers in the field. This book was created to help the novice in edible films and coatings as well as those already immersed in the field with the hope that the topics discussed in the book will trigger future novel ideas and processes.The book targets to inform both non-specialist and specialist readers who are either new to the area or who want information and understanding from outside their immediate specialism.