Potential Use of Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) Biopolymers in Edible Food Packaging
The increasing interest in environmentally friendly, biodegradable, and edible packaging materials today has brought the use of agricultural-derived functional biopolymers to the forefront. The carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pod, with its rich biopolymer components such as carob gum (LBG) in its seeds and pectin and cell...