Author(s) :

Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Maaz Habib.

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Food packaging is essential to protect food, and petroleum-based materials are frequently employed because of their low cost, but lack of sustainability and eco-friendliness is a major threat to the environment. Edible packaging is a viable solution for this problem. This study focuses on how we can improve the shelf life of different fruits through chitosan edible packaging. It is evident from already present research that by incorporating bioactive compounds in chitosan films resulted in increased protection against microbes and oxidation of product. When chitosan applied on fruits it resulted in increased freshness and shelf life as well as protecting the attributes of fruits, thus preventing food loss. This is a sustainable substitute to conventional packaging.

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