Future of Nanotechnology in Food Industry: Challenges in Processing, Packaging, and Food Safety

• Published in: Global challenges 2023-04, Vol.7 (4), p.2200209-n/a
• Main Authors: Singh, Rajesh, Dutt, Shradha, Sharma, Priyanka, Sundramoorthy, Ashok K., Dubey, Aman, Singh, Anoop, Arya, Sandeep
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ablation; Chemical synthesis; Food industry; Food labeling; Food packaging; Food safety; Food security; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; hotel industry; Lasers; Manufacturing; Material properties; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Nanosensors; Nanotechnology; Nutrition; Pollution detection; Quantum dots; Review; Reviews; Storage facilities; Wire
• ISSN: 2056-6646; 2056-6646
• DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202200209

Over the course of the last several decades, nanotechnology has garnered a growing amount of attention as a potentially valuable technology that has significantly impacted the food industry. Nanotechnology helps in enhancing the properties of materials and structures that are used in various fields such as agriculture, food, pharmacy, and so on. Applications of nanotechnology in the food market have included the encapsulation and distribution of materials to specific locations, the improvement of flavor, the introduction of antibacterial nanoparticles into food, the betterment of prolonged storage, the detection of pollutants, enhanced storage facilities, locating, identifying, as well as consumer awareness. Labeling food goods with nano barcodes helps ensure their security and may also be used to track their distribution. This review article presents a discussion about current advances in nanotechnology along with its applications in the field of food‐tech, food packaging, food security, enhancing life of food products, etc. A detailed description is provided about various synthesis routes of nanomaterials, that is, chemical, physical, and biological methods. Nanotechnology is a rapidly improving the field of food packaging and the future holds great opportunities for more enhancement via the development of new nanomaterials and nanosensors. This article describes the role of nanotechnology in the field of the food industry. Nanotechnology has greatly affected food packaging, food security, food processing, etc. Nanotechnology‐derived foods have a significant possibility of broadening the number of options for the formulation and manufacture of functional meals. In the future, nanotechnology may eventually come to dominate the whole area of food production.