Facets of Nanotechnology as Seen in Food Processing, Packaging, and Preservation Industry

Figure 1

Several nanomaterials are seen, ranging from a scale of 1 to 100 nm. The reduced size of these nanomaterials makes them efficient in acting as scaffolds and aid in drug delivery. However, with nanotechnology slowly encroaching into the food sector, the services of the nanomaterials are no longer limited to the delivery of drugs, but they equally deliver food supplements, nutraceuticals [17, 18].