ABSTRACT
Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary science combining biotechnology, chemical, mechanical and electronics engineering to understand, manipulate and fabricate devices/systems at the atomic/molecular/supramolecular levels with extraordinary functions and properties. The British Standards Institution defined nanotechnology as the design, characterization, production, and application of structures, devices, and systems by controlling the shape and size at the nanoscale. Nanotechnologies have the huge potential to create a revolution in many industries, including the aeronautical, drug development, information and communications, infrastructure, agriculture, and food industries. The application of nanotechnology in the food sector leads to a considerable number of new products with improved food quality characteristics such as texture, taste, sensory attributes and stability. The consumer should be cautious with but not afraid of the applications of nanotechnology in food science and it’s a llied industries. The scenario of nanotechnology in the food sector is relatively small when compared to nano-based products in the automobile, mechanical, and electronic industries.
