Shaba Noore is a Doctorate Researcher at the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland. Shivani Pathania is a Research Officer at Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Dublin, Ireland. Pablo Fuciños is a Staff Researcher at the Food Processing and Nutrition Group, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal. Colm O'Donnell is a Full Professor at the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland. Brijesh K Tiwari is a Principal Research Officer at Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority and an associate professor (Adjunct) at the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland.

• Introduction.- Lipid-based nanocarriers (LNCs).- Protein-Based nanocarriers.- Carbohydrate/ polymer-based nanocarriers.- Synthetic polymeric nanocarriers.- Quality parameters of nanoencapsulation.- Nanoencapsulation of bioactive compounds.- Controlled release and target delivery of nanoencapsulated compounds.- Future challenges and conclusions.