This is likely connected to the fact that the public has been shown in some studies to be more willing to embrace nanotechnology in “out of food” applications than those where nanoparticles are directly added to foods.
Fig. 1.
Nanotechnology has applications in all areas of food science, from agriculture to food processing to security to packaging to nutrition and neutraceuticals.
Some potential applications are shown here.
The applications which will be reviewed in this article are those in the orange quadrant, which are the most likely to be marketed in the near term.