Abstract
In the last two decades, the use of biopolymers in the form of edible and biodegradable films for food packaging has been expanded by reducing waste from plastic packaging materials that cause environmental problems. Starch as a natural polymer has unique characteristics such as thermoplasticity, low price, high biodegradability and good potential in the packaging industry. High sensitivity to water and limited mechanical properties of starch are disadvantages of this biopolymer which is a solution to solve this problem by using starch nanoparticles (SNP) and preparing nanocomposite films. Nanocomposites are produced from the distribution of particles with nanometer dimensions in the material matrix and are widely used today by improving the properties of the materials prepared with them. In this chapter, the importance of starch as a widely used biopolymer, the production of nanocomposites, the advantages of packaging prepared with starch-based nanocomposites and how they are formed are discussed.
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