Sugar Palm Starch-Based Composites for Packaging Applications

Non-biodegradable petroleum-based plastics are still the most dominant material used by the food industry for packaging applications. Consequently, the widespread usage of these conventional plastics has led to serious negative environmental impacts. Numerous studies were conducted over the years to substitute these packaging plastics with eco-friendly materials in order to arrest the ongoing plastic waste disposal problems. Against this background, the current chapter presents a review of recent works on sugar palm starch-based films and different modification techniques employed to improve their performance as effective biopackaging material.