Bio-Based Nanoemulsions for Agri-Food Applications

Recent agricultural, food, and pharmaceutical research focuses attention on the development of delivery systems that can encapsulate, protect, and deliver natural compounds of different frameworks and activity. Nano-emulsions are recognized as the best delivery systems for natural-origin nutraceuticals and phytochemicals, having many agri-food applications. These emerging nano-emulsions provide an innovative dimension for producing new generation agrochemicals, functional foods, food preservatives, etc. Bio-based Nano-emulsions for Agri-Food Applications provides information on green and food-grade nanoemulsions and their application in agriculture and the food industry. The book covers concepts, techniques, current advances, and challenges in the formulation of the application of emerging green/food grade nanoemulsions in agriculture and food technology. In particular, green/food-grade nanoemulsion production methods, components used, such as plant/microbial products, biosurfactants, cosurfactants, emulsifiers, ligand targets, and bioactive/functional ingredients, sophisticated instruments and analytical methods, used for nanoemulsion characterization. This is an important reference source for materials scientists, engineers and food scientists who are looking to understand how nanoemulsions are being used in the agri-food sector. Provides an overview of a range of bio-based nanoemujlsions used in the agrifood sector Explores how nanotechnology improves the properties of bio-based emusions Assesses the major challenges of manufacturing nanoemulsions at an industrial scale