MINI REVIEW article
Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Sec. Sustainable Food Processing
Volume 9 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1646457
Application of Pickering Emulsion-Based Coatings/Films Stabilized with Chitosan Nanoparticles for the Preservation of Fresh Postharvest Commodities
Provisionally accepted
Ata Aditya Wardana1*
Vincensius Marcellino1
Laras Putri Wigati2Francis Ngwane Nkede2Fumina Tanaka2
Fumihiko Tanaka2R Haryo Bimo Setiarto3- 1Binus University, West Jakarta, Indonesia
- 2Kyushu Daigaku, Fukuoka, Japan
- 3Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Republik Indonesia, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
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Postharvest losses of fresh produce remain a persistent challenge. Application of coatings/films have been extensively investigated as sustainable preservation strategies. This review highlights the role of chitosan nanoparticle (ChiNP)-stabilized Pickering emulsions in enhancing the functional performance of such coatings for maintaining fruit and vegetable quality. The findings indicated that ChiNP offer some advantages, including antimicrobial properties due to their cationic nature, while their nanoscale size contributes to emulsion stability by improving interfacial adsorption. Their incorporation enhances gas and water vapor barrier properties through a dense structural configuration at the oil-water interface, effectively suppressing ethylene biosynthesis and delaying cell wall degradation, thereby slowing ripening. Moreover, ChiNP demonstrate synergism with essential oils (EO), significantly improving the antimicrobial efficacy. However, further research is needed to improve stability, understand interactions with biopolymer matrices, assess wettability, ensure safety, and optimize delivery performance. In industrial context, the optimization of formulation parameters and sensory evaluations should be prioritized, thereby supporting the potential implementation of ChiNP as an effective and sustainable approach for fresh postharvest commodities preservation.
Keywords: packaging, shelf life, postharvest, Edible, quality 1. Introduction
Received: 13 Jun 2025; Accepted: 16 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Wardana, Marcellino, Wigati, Nkede, Tanaka, Tanaka and Setiarto. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Ata Aditya Wardana, Binus University, West Jakarta, Indonesia
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