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Chemical analysis of apple pomace revealed that it contains 29.4% neutral detergent fiber and 13.0% pectin. Pomace‐flour blends were prepared by incorporating 2, 5, 8 and 11% pomace in wheat flour. Blends were evaluated for their bread making quality. Water absorption increased with the increase of pomace in the blends. Neutralizing the acidity of pomace blended dough did not change the water absorption significantly. As the percentage of pomace in blends increased from 0 to 11, a reduction of 42.8% in loaf volume was observed but neutralization of pomace acidity in dough resulted in only 26.6% reduction in volume under similar conditions. On the other hand loaf weight of the breads, prepared from blends with 11% pomace under unneutralized and neutralized conditions, increased by 7.0 and 3.1%, respectively. With increase of pomace percentage in blends up to 11, the bread firmness increased from 3N in control to 12 and 10N respectively, in unneutralized and neutralized pomace blended dough. Blending of pomace (0–11%) increased baking time from 20 min for control to 33 min for unneutralized and 27 min for neutralized blends. Sensory evaluation of the product revealed that breads containing up to 5% pomace were acceptable.

Technological advances have led to increased constraints regarding food packaging, mainly due to environmental issues, consumer health concerns, and economic restrictions associated therewith. Hence, food scientists and technologists are now more focused on developing biopolymer packages. Starch satisfies all the principal aspects making it a promising raw material for edible coatings/films. Modified starch has grabbed much attention, both at the academic as well as at the industrial level, because these films exhibit dramatic improvement in filming properties without involving any significant increase in cost of production. Various methods, additives used, and recent advances in the field of starch film production are discussed in detail in this review, which also provides an overview of the available information along with recent advances in modified starch film packaging.

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