The Department of Home Economics, in collaboration with the Continuing Education Unit at the College of Education for Women, held a lecture on (Nanotechnology applications in food industry) presented by Prof. Fatima Faiq Juma via Google Meet service. The aim of the lecture is to introduce nano-food as an expression given to the food used in its production or at any stage of its production nanotechnology, in other words, the food that nanotechnology is used to grow, process or encapsulate.
Currently, packaging is one of the most practical applications of nanotechnology where nanoclay particles are used in the manufacture of strong, light, heat-resistant plastic casings capable of preventing oxygen and carbon dioxide from entering and spoiling foods, as well as applying nanotechnology to create special packaging resistant to microbes and bacteria. She also mentioned that the types of nanomaterials related to the use of nanotechnology that will help food companies to produce food materials free of preservative damage and also cheaper than what is available today, through the use of less chemical materials in the preparation and production of food in the future. Some products produced through nanotechnology and such products are present in some types of food such as some types of juices, and nanotechnology is expected to contribute to progress in many areas of agriculture, food and energy as well as the provision of clean water, which is a modern technology at the global level.