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Intelligent Food Packaging

Pioneering Strategies for Sustainability, Nutrition and Food Safety

  • 1st Edition - September 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Muyideen Olaitan Bamidele, Jose Sandoval Cortes, Cristobal Noe Aguilar
  • Language: English

Intelligent Food Packaging: Pioneering Strategies for Sustainability, Nutrition and Food Safety addresses smart packaging technologies, including active and intelligent packag… Read more

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Description

Intelligent Food Packaging: Pioneering Strategies for Sustainability, Nutrition and Food Safety addresses smart packaging technologies, including active and intelligent packaging, antimicrobial packaging, time-temperature indicators, freshness sensors, and barrier materials and shows their ability to extend shelf-life, maximize nutrition, and promote environmental sustainability. With contributions from over 35 experts in the food sciences and divided into six sections, the book tackles the latest research, highlighting how smart packaging enhances food safety and nutrition, extends shelf-life for consumer product goods, and promotes environmental sustainability while addressing opportunities for innovation in response to changing regulatory frameworks and consumer preferences.

Chapter highlights include Edible Films and Coatings, Trends in Biodegradable Nutrient Sensors in Food Packaging, Macronutrient Release Systems, Bio-Based Packaging Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems, Waste Management Strategies for Sustainable Food Packaging, Advances in Smart Packing Materials, and more. Case studies that highlight the latest developments for both perishable and shelf-stable foods are also included.

Key features

  • Highlights how smart packaging can enhance food safety, nutrition, shelf-life, and promote environmental sustainability
  • Explores packaging innovations, including active and intelligent packaging, nanomaterials, sensors, data analytics, and environmentally-friendly materials
  • Provides guidelines on regulatory compliance, labelling requirements, and best practices for smart packaging solutions
  • Discusses trends, challenges, and opportunities for innovation in response to changing consumer preferences

Readership

Researchers in the food sciences working in the fields of nutrition, food safety, sustainability, AI, packaging, product development and food chemistry

Table of contents

SECTION 1: Introduction and Overview

1. Introduction to Smart Packaging

2. Evolution of Food Packaging Technologies

SECTION 2: Smart Packaging and Food Safety

3. Role of Smart Packaging in Ensuring Food Safety

4. Innovations in Active and Intelligent Packaging

SECTION 3: Technological Innovations in Packaging

5. Integrating AI in Intelligent Food Packaging

6. Role of Blockchain in Enhancing Food Packaging Transparency

7. Advanced Nanocomposites in Sustainable Food Packaging

8. Biodegradable Nutrient Sensors in Food Packaging: Trends and Innovation

9. Real-Time Monitoring Systems for Active Packaging

10. Wireless Communication Technologies in Food Packaging

11. Smart Labels and Tags for Food Traceability.

SECTION 4: Technological Advances and Implementation

12. Smart Packaging in the Cold Chain: Innovations and Applications

13. Biomimicry in the Design of Smart Food Packaging

14. Evolution of Edible Packaging with Intelligent Features

15. Hybrid Packaging Technologies: Combining Tradition with Innovation

16. Impact of Digital Technologies on Food Packaging

17. Case Studies of Successful Smart Packaging Implementation

18. Consumer Perception and Acceptance of Smart Packaging

19. Packaging Innovations for Fresh Produce and Perishable Goods.

SECTION 5: Improving Nutritional Quality Through Active Food Packaging

20. Oxygen Scavengers and Ethylene Absorbers

21. Edible Films and Coatings

22. Biodegradable Nutrient Sensors in Food Packaging: Trends and Innovations

23. High Pressure Processing Packaging

24. Micronutrient Release Systems

SECTION 6: Sustainable, Environmental, and Social Impact

25. Sustainability in Food Packaging: Challenges and Opportunities

26. Eco-Design Principles for Sustainable Packaging

27. Smart Packaging Materials: Advances and Applications

28. Bio-Based Packaging Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems

29. Regulatory Framework for Smart and Sustainable Packaging

30. Environmental Impact Assessment of Smart Packaging

31. Future Trends and Prospects in Smart Packaging

32. Economic Considerations of Smart Packaging Adoption

33. Sustainability and Environmental Impact in Food Packaging

34. Recyclability, the principles of the circular economy and resource management

35. The Role of Smart Packaging in Forensic Food Analysis and Crime Prevention

36. Waste Management Strategies for Sustainable Packaging

37. Collaboration and Partnerships in the Smart Packaging Industry

38. Ethical and Social Implications of Smart Packaging Technologies

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

MB

Muyideen Olaitan Bamidele

Muyideen Olaitan Bamidele is an organic chemist and university lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. He is also a postgraduate researcher at Esteemed Autonomous University of Coahuila. He focused on encapsulating bioactive phytoconstituents from medicinal plants and agro-industrial waste. He earned his degrees in chemistry and organic chemistry from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. He has extensive experience with the isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds from plants.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria

JC

Jose Sandoval Cortes

Jose Sandoval Cortes is a Chemist, PhD, and full-time Professor at the School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico, for the last 12 years. He worked in a research stay in electrochemistry at the University of Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, France; the National University of Cordoba, Argentina; and the National University of Rio Cuarto, Argentina. His research work has been published in six papers in indexed journals, three book chapters, and 20 contributions at scientific meetings. Since 2018, he has been part of the administrative staff of the Research and Postgraduate Studies Office at the Autonomous University of Coahuila. He received the Pharmaceutical Chemist Biologist degree in 2001, the MSc degree in chemistry in 2003, and the PhD degree in electrochemistry in 2006 from the University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico

CA

Cristobal Noe Aguilar

Prof. Dr. Cristobal N. Aguilar, Chemist, PhD, was the Director of the Research and Postgraduate Programs at Autonomous University of Coahuila (2018–2024, Mexico, where from 2014 to 2018, he was the Dean of the School of Chemistry. He is a Level III member of S.N.I. (Mexican System of Researchers). He has received several prizes and awards, among which the most important are the National Prize of Research 2010 of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Prize “Carlos Casas Campillo 2008” of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, the National Prize AgroBio–2005, the Mexican Prize in Food Science and Technology from CONACYT-Coca Cola México 2003, the 2018 Outstanding Researcher Award by the International Association of Bioprocessing, and the 2019 Coahuila State Innovation Science and Technology Award. He's developed more than 30 research projects, including seven international exchange projects. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science (since 2014).
Affiliations and expertise
Autonomous University of Coahuil, Saltillo, Mexico