Advances in Mushroom Chitosan Biorefinery and Its Applications in Food Engineering: A Sustainable Approach to Food Preservation and Quality Enhancement

• DOI: 10.55006/biolsciences.2025.5103
• Publication Date: 2025-03-17T09:44:56Z
• Authors: Aisha Ameera Abdu...; Shehu-Alimi Elelu; Musa Ojeba Innocent; Ganiyat Omotayo I...; Tijani Abiola Taj...; Umar Abdulrasheed; Mustapha Abdulsalam

Mushroom-derived chitosan is emerging as a promising alternative to traditional crustacean-derived chitosan, offering several advantages, including better biocompatibility, sustainability, and allergen-free properties. This study explores the various extraction methods for mushroom such enzymatic, chemical, green techniques, highlighting their respective benefits limitations in terms of yield, quality, environmental impact. The functional properties antimicrobial, antioxidant, film-forming abilities, position it valuable material food preservation, packaging, applications. ecological economic advantages mushroom-derived suggest its potential replace synthetic animal-derived alternatives industry. Moreover, biodegradability non-toxic nature offer significant implications sustainable engineering, helping reduce reliance on plastics chemical preservatives. material’s roles extending shelf life reducing waste contribute addressing security challenges. Despite scalability challenges need further optimization methods, holds considerable promise broader system integration. As consumer demand natural eco-friendly products grows, chitosan’s engineering continues expand, with ongoing research essential unlocking full capabilities both industrial applications foods.