According to the World Health Organization, every year 2 billion people worldwide get sick because of unsafe food. For this reason, food preservation from fungi, bacteria and other contaminants, is important to ensure the safety and quality of food to the consumers. Now a day, there is an increasing demand for natural preservatives which are safe in the food industry. Among these natural compounds with antimicrobial activity, essential oils have aroused 2 considerable interest in the food industry. Unfortunately, essential oils have numerous limitations in their use, mainly due to their hydrophobic property, which need to be encapsulated before use. The main goal of this specific review is to focus on the encapsulation of essential oils using edible polymers.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.