Novel Packaging Systems for Fruits and Vegetables

A comprehensive overview of the new technologies in food packaging of fruits and vegetables, emphasizing new commercially available packaging technologies. It covers the mechanical, physical, and permeability properties and recent developments in biopolymers.

Kirtiraj K. Gaikwad, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paper Technology, IIT Roorkee, India. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, UK. Before joining IIT Roorkee, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Ecole Polytechnic de Montreal, Canada. He has mainly worked in the field of food packaging technology. Dr. Gaikwad received several national and international awards, including a FSSAI Research Award; DST INSPIRE Faculty Award from DST Govt. of India; Young Scientist Award from the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), USA; and A J Bank Research Award from the Society of Chemical Industries (SCI), London, UK. Dr. Gaikwad has published 70 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, two international patents, and three book chapters, and he authored one book, titled Food Packaging System. He has received several grants from DST, SERB, and UCOST funding agencies to carry out his research projects. He is dynamically involved in teaching (graduate and doctorate students) and research, and he has proved himself as an active scientist in packaging technology. He received his PhD in Packaging Technology from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; his MS in Packaging Technology from Michigan State University, Lansing, USA; his MTech in Food Technology from SHUATS, Allahabad, India; and BTech in Food Science from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agriculture University, India.

Suman Singh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at VCSG Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Dehradun, India. Dr. Singh worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Yonsei University, South Korea, and mainly worked on active packaging materials (antimicrobial, scavenger, and temperature-sensitivity materials) for the delivery of high-quality, safe, and fresh produce and prolonging the shelf life of fresh produce using packaging. Dr. Singh received several national and international awards, including a FSSAI Research Award 2021 and a University Gold Medal in the MTech program in 2011. She was a recipient of the prestigious INSPIRE Fellowship for her PhD program in 2011 and was a recipient of a Young Researcher Award 2017 at the IFT Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, USA. Dr. Singh has published over 50 research papers in SCI-indexed journals and three book chapters, and she authored the book Food Packaging System. She received her PhD in Food Process and Engineering from the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, India; MTech in Food Process and Engineering from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, India; and BTech, in Agriculture Engineering from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, India.