Active and Intelligent Packaging as a Pathway to Sustainability
What if packaging could actually reduce food waste so there was more food on the shelves and less food in the landfill?
It’s hard to believe that 40% of food produced in the United States goes from “farm to fork to landfill.”* What if packaging could reduce food waste so there was more food on the shelves and less food in the landfill?
Biotechnology is expected to play a major role in the future of food production, solving key pain points such as retaining nutritional integrity, increasing the shelf-life of packaged foodstuffs and actively preventing food spoilage.