Methylcellulose has been widely
used to prepare edible films and documented in several publications
(Debeaufort and Voilley, 1997; Donhowe and Fennema,
1993a,b; Turhan and Sahbaz, 2004). Carboxymethylcellulose is an
anionic linear polysaccharide derived from cellulose. It is an important
industrial polymer with a wide range of applications