Numerous studies show the great possibilities of these materials.

This review describes the main concepts and types of active and intelligent food packaging, focusing on recent progress and new trends using biodegradable and biobased polymers.

Changes related to food production, sale practices and consumers' lifestyles, along with environmental awareness and the advance in new areas of knowledge (such as nanotechnology or biotechnology), act as driving forces to develop smart packages that can extend food shelf-life, keeping and supervising their innocuousness and quality and also taking care of the environment.

New food packaging technologies seek to meet consumers and industrial's demands.

Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CCT La Plata CONICET) - Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC) - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Argentinaįood packaging has a crucial function in the modern food industry.

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