Non-food applications

Many of the properties of natural thickeners that have been described for food applications are the same as those which make them ideal for non-food applications. For example, suspension of particles is important in abrasives and pesticides, stability and compatibility 

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In the past, research activities in the field of hemicellulose were aimed mainly at utilizing plant biomass by conversion into sugars, chemicals, fuel and as sources of heat energy. However, hemicelluloses, due to their structural varieties and diversity are also attractive as biopolymers, which can be utilized in their native or modified forms in various areas, including food and non-food applications. 

MOSH/MOAH content of paper products (printed) Newspapers Magazines (wood containing) Folding boxes Corrugated made from RCP board (food packaging) Folding boxes made from RCP (non-food applications)... 

Table 4 shows that after model validation, the calculated mineral oil content for different paper products (newspaper, magazine, corrugated board, folding boxes from RCP for food and non-food applications) was in the range of the measured average values of about 20% and fits completely in the measured range of minimum and maximum values. 

Acyltransferases are, for instance, able to synthesize biological polyesters with properties comparable or sometimes even exceeding polymers based on petrochemical-derived monomers. Acyltransferases are also frequently used to modify macromolecules in food and non-food applications. 

Transglutaminases have just become recently available in larger quantities and high purity due to microbiological production of the enzyme instead of extraction from animal tissue. It can be expected that this enzyme will be used more frequently in the future for food and non-food applications. 

Stevens C. and Veme R. (2004). Renewable Bioresources Scope and Modification for Non-Food Applications. Wiley, Bmssels, 320 pp. 

Starch, in general, is used in a number of non-food applications.589-596 Worldwide, the majority of wheat starch is sold in unmodified form to manufacturers of paper,... 

Rye starch has been tried as a gelling and thickening agent in the food industry and also in non-food applications.12 Rye starch can be substituted for potato starch. A combination of rye starch and lipids has been used in dessert mixes.16... 

Verraest, D.L., Modification of Inulin for Non-Food Applications, Delft University Press, Delft, The Netherlands, 1997. 

The modern food supply chain uses many forms of thermoformed articles meat trays, microwave and deep freeze containers, ice cream and margarine tubs, delicatessen tubs, snack tubs, bakery and patisserie packaging, sandwich packs and vending drink cups are just a few of the food related applications. Other non-food applications include manufacturing collation trays, blister packaging and point of sale display trays. 

Renard, D., Della Valle, G., and Popineau, Y. Plant biopolymer science. Food and Non Food Applications. The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2002. 

Neo-amylose is suited for food and non-food applications. Due to its resistant starch properties it is suited for use as dietary fiber [139]. Beside this food application, smooth spherical microparticles with a size of 10-100 pm are accessible by recrystaUization of Neo-amylose in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). These are suited as cosmetics additive in creams, lotions, or as UV-reflectors [140]. Furthermore, Neo-amylose has proved to be an advantageous constituent in hard or soft films in order to generate gelatin free capsules [139]. 

In contrast to these food applications, the highest industrial non-food application for a fructose compound is attributed to the key compound... 

P. Colonna and S. Guilbert, Biopolymer Science Food and Non-food Applications, INRA Editions, Paris, 1999, p. 207. 

With contributions drawn from the international scientific community, Plant Biopolymer Science Food and Non-Food Applications provides an overview of the state-of-the-art for a variety of readers, which will include students, researchers and teachers in academia to professionals in industry and government agencies. 

The proceedings of the Workshop on Plant Biopolymer Science Food and Non-food Applications held in Nantes, France on 25-27 June 2001. 

Nantes was chosen as the location because of its INRA Research Centre, which is renowned for its basic and applied research on plant biopolymers, starch, proteins and cell wall polysaccharides. The main objectives of the Nantes Centre in Plant Science first of all concerns the biosynthesis of macromolecules and assemblies in planta, secondly their structural characteristics and related physico-chemical and functional properties, and thirdly with their behaviour in multiphasic systems in relation to end-uses in food and non-food applications. In addition, human nutrition is also considered. 

Starch has been extensively used for several non-food applications, in native state or modified by physical and/or chemical processes. The main areas for starch applications are in adhesives [2], paper [2, 3], drilling fluids for petroleum extraction [30], textile sizing [3], binder in medicines, and hot melt adhesive compositions [31-33]. 

Glyoxal, because of its unique chemistry, is probably the most commonly used chemical agent for treatment of gums for improving dispersibility in non-food applications. The most important reactions of glyoxal are listed in Figure 5. 

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