Agriculture & Horticulture

Food Nanotechnology

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Food nanotechnology is a branch of nanotechnology concerned with the application of nanotechnology to food or food packaging so as to extend the life or safety of food, to detect harmful bacteria, or to produce stronger flavours. Nanotechnology has begun to find potential applications in the area of functional food by engineering biological molecules toward functions very different from those they have in nature, opening up a whole new area of research and development. Food is nanofood when nanoparticles, nanotechnology techniques or tools are used during cultivation, production, processing, or packaging of the food. It does not mean atomically modified food or food produced by nanomachines.

·         Nano food

·         Nano technology and safety assessment in food industry

·         Microencapsulation in food

·         Nano technology in pest control

·         Nano sensors for food production

·         Nano inside - Delivery systems

·         Nano outside - functional food packaging

·         Nano composites for food packaging

·         Edible food packaging