Chia mucilage carrier systems: A review of emulsion, encapsulation, and coating and film strategies

•Potentiality of chia mucilage as a carrier agent.•Positive effects, mainly on technological characteristics, of the use of chia mucilage in emulsions.•Chia mucilage represents an excellent encapsulating material to carry different active compounds due to the matrix produced.•Films and coating systems based on chia mucilage demonstrate its excellent formation capacity.