Optimization of a chitosan solution as potential carrier for the incorporation of Santolina chamaecyparissus L. solid by-product in an edible vegetal coating on ‘Manchego’ cheese

This research has been financially supported by the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA, http://inia.es) by the project RTA2015-00018-C03-02 and RTA2013-00005-00-00. Gonzalo Ortiz de Elguea-Culebras thanks to the Consejeria de Educacion, Cultura y Deportes (Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha) and the European Social Fund (FSE) for additional funding. Ana I. Bourbon and Antonio A. Vicente thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) by strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit and COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684) and BioTecNorte operation (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000004) funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the scope of Norte2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte. Manuel Carmona also thanks to the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for the Ramon y Cajal Fellowships RyC-2014-16307. We are very grateful to Paula Pereira and Eduardo Gudina for their assistance and technical support.