Application of Nanotechnology to Developing Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

Materials in the range of nanometres are profoundly known to exhibit countless applications in the environment, medicine, waste management, and many more. The current scenario in the development of science and technology includes incorporating this advanced technology into several possible adventures in food sciences. This field is endlessly applied in food industries to improve many properties of foodstuffs such as flavour, taste, colour, shelf life, etc. Traditional strategies in food technology are being replaced by nano-technological approaches, which have been utilized in various advancements like the improvement of functional foods, nutraceutical enrichment, and food antimicrobials, covering all the beneficial aspects of food material. Food processing and packaging are the two most widely utilized areas under nanotechnology. Nanomaterials can be utilized as antimicrobial agents in food processing industries, although in the packaging of food, to monitor the food quality, they potentially utilized nanosensors.