Current Research Areas in Biopolymers and Bioplastics

It is Hkely that in the long-term, these products will mean plastics will remain affordable, even as fossil fuel reserves diminish. 

Research on natural food biopolymers such as polysaccharides and proteins is currently at a turning point. For the past 40 years or so, research has focused on the functionahty in terms of the molecules abihty to form and stabihze food structures, to impart physical stabihty, texture, and, to some degree, taste. However, more recently, the focus is turning toward how such biopolymers can confer health benefits. 

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