Packaging films

A package of an edible foodstuff comprising:

• a water-soluble packaging film comprising:
• about 20 wt. % to about 50 wt. % biodegradable polymer, about 5 wt. % to about 40 wt. % polyhydric alcohol, polyhydric acid, or combinations thereof;
• 4 wt. % to about 10 wt. % emulsifier, surfactant, or combination thereof;
• about 5 wt. % to about 25 wt. % chelating agent:
• wherein the chelating agent is selected from the group consisting of citric acid, a citric acid salt, a citric acid ester, gluconic acid, a gluconic acid salt, glucaric acid, a glucaric acid salt, tartaric acid, a tartaric acid salt, a phosphate salt a diphosphate salt, a triphosphate salt, an organic phosphonate, nitrilotriacetic acid, polyaspartic acid, polyglutamic acid, hydrolyzed soy protein, phytic acid, sodium phayates, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, ethylenediamine-N, N′-bis(2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid), diethylenetriamine pentaacetate, glucoheptonate, polyamidoamine, polyethyleneamine, polyethyleneimine, polyethylenimine monoethanol ethylenediamine triacetic acid, diethanol ethylenediamine diacetic acid, diethylenatriamine pentacetic acid, monoethanol diethylenetriamine tetraacetic, N-hydroxyethyl diethylenetriamine tetraacetic, N′-hydroxyethyl diethylenetriamine tetraacetic, diethanol diethylenetriamine triacetic acid, N,N′-dihydroxyethyl diethylenetriamine triacetic acid, N′,N″-dihydroxethyl diethylenetriamine triacetic acid, isopropylene, methylethylene, cyclohexylene, or combinations thereof, and
• about 15 wt. % to about 45 wt. % bulking agent selected from the consisting of maltodextrin, tapioca starch, potato starch, corn starch, cellulose, pectins, glucans, mucilages, inulin, chitin, and combinations thereof,
• wherein the wt. % is based on the total weight of the water-soluble packaging film;
• wherein the water-soluble film is formed into a sealed package having enclosed therein a concentrated amount of a foodstuff.