Development of enset starch based edible films for food packaging: Mechanical and optical properties

Enset (Ensete Ventricosum, Family Musaceae) is a plant indigenous to Ethiopia. It often called ‘false banana’ for its close resemblance banana plant. The one of the most important staple foods south and southwestern parts contains starch as major contents. Starch extracted from this has not been still investigated raw material biofilm. In study, biofilm was prepared using Enset. Further, water barrier, mechanical, optical properties Enset-starch (ES) based films were investigated. These compared with developed standard corn-starch (sigma-Aldrich S4180) same combination plasticizer, surfactant agar. From results, it observed that ES edible film can be better compactable food packaging material. Also, mechanical showed appropriateness when corn-starch-based