ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Engineering Two Sustainable Packaging Platforms from Agricultural Waste: Microbial Melanin-Enhanced Single-Cell Protein and Bacterial Cellulose Films.
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This study proposes a sustainable biorefinery strategy to develop alternative packaging films by integrating three microbial-derived materials produced from agro-industrial residues. Cheese whey and citrus waste were used as renewable substrates for producing single-cell protein (SCP), bacterial cellulose (BC), and microbial melanin (MM). SCP consists of dried microbial biomass rich in protein, while BC is a renewable biopolymer with outstanding physicochemical properties. MM, a natural pigment produced by black yeasts, is a multifunctional biopolymer with considerable technological potential. In this work, SCP and BC were employed as two distinct film-forming matrices, whereas MM was incorporated into both types of films as a functional additive to enhance their performance. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study reporting the incorporation of microbial melanin into both SCP- and BC-based films. SCP and BC were produced by
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