Potential

Potential Uses
Uses of
of Nano
Nano Technology
Technology in
in
Food
Food Industry
Industry
By
By
M.H.Abd
M.H.Abd El-Salam
El-Salam
National
National Research
Research Centre,
Centre, Egypt
Egypt
 What is Nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology
focuses on
characterization,
fabrication and
manipulation of
biological and non-
biological structures
smaller than 100 nm.
 Nano food technology
• Nano food technology is
considered as one of the
most promising area of
scientific research and
applications.

• "Nano food technology

is here to stay and
already forms the basis
of a number of
commercially available
products" (IFST, 2006).
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 Potential Applications of
Nanotechnology in Food Industry
• It is expected that
nanotchnology shall find
uses in Food industry in
the near future through
several direct and indirect
applications.
• As for indirect
applications, the Food
industry shall benefit
from progress in other
areas such as
microelectronics,
packaging materials and
nano-biosensors.
 Components of a Biosensor

Detector

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• Marked progress has been achieved in nano-
biosensors for the detection of different
pathogens and some of them offer the
possibility for detecting several pathogens in
the same time.

• Several studies have showed the validity of

these sensors in detecting pathogens and their
toxins in Food products.

• This area will be one of the major areas in

nanotechnology applications in dairy industry in
the near future.
• Several developments
have been achieved in
food packaging,
particularly plastics
containing oxygen
barrier of nano-sized
clay (Brody, 2006).

• These materials can be

used in packaging of
Food products especially
those with long shelf-
life.
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