Sustainable Approaches to Food Fortification and Shelf Life Extension
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 2983
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food packaging; food processing and preservation; shelf life extension; functional food; sanitizing techniques; byproduct valorization
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Interests: packaging; food preservation; sanitizing techniques; active compounds in the process and active packaging systems; functional food; byproduct valorization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The optimization of food formulation, processing, packaging, and storage conditions is of the utmost importance in ensuring maximum benefits for consumers. The simultaneous progress in the production of modern processing and the great issues linked to the environmental impact of the food sector promote a completely different approach to food research. The aim is not only to ensure the microbiological, chemical, sensorial, and nutraceutical quality of food, but also to accomplish eco-friendly aspects; therefore, article or review papers dealing with research efforts to optimize food, process conditions, or packaging systems with the perspective of a sustainable approach are desired. In addition, any contribution of research aiming toward understanding the best conditions with which to reuse food byproducts in activities directed toward the formulation, processing, preservation, and packaging of foodstuffs will be appreciated.
In this context, the current Special Issue invites the submission of original research papers and review manuscripts concerning recent advances in the field of food science aimed at promoting innovation in the new perspective of food sustainability.
The potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Development of novel foods;
- Functional ingredients;
- Innovative technologies (processing, formulation, storage, etc.);
- Shelf life extension;
- Reduction in food losses;
- Valorization of food byproducts;
- Bioactive packaging
Dr. Amalia Conte
Prof. Dr. Matteo Del Nobile
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- functional ingredients
- innovative technologies (processing, formulation, storage, etc.)
- shelf life extension
- food byproducts
- bioactive packaging
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