TY - CHAP AU - Mariana A. Montenegro AU - MarĂ­a L. Boiero AU - Lorena Valle AU - Claudio D. Borsarelli ED - Casparus Johannes Reinhard Verbeek Y1 - 2012-03-07 PY - 2012 T1 - Gum Arabic: More Than an Edible Emulsifier N2 - It is interesting to consider that biopolymers are by no means new to this world. It is only because of our fascination with petrochemical products that these wonderful materials have been neglected for so long. Today we face a different challenge. Environmental pressure is pushing away from synthetic or petro-chemically derived products, while economic factors are pulling back from often more expensive "green" options. This book presents two aspects of biopolymers; potential products and some applications of biopolymers covering the current relevance of biopolymers. BT - Products and Applications of Biopolymers SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/33783 DO - 10.5772/33783 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -