Special Issues

Foods publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: "Food Design to Improve Quality and Sensory Aspects of Foods" submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7642 | Submission Open
Keywords: consumer acceptance; food reformulation; food processing; sensory properties; physicochemical properties; nutritional improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry)
The Assessment and Improvement of the Sustainability-Related Issues of Foods in a Circular Bioeconomy Context
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7529 | Submission Open
Keywords: food recovery; food waste; circular bioeconomy; life cycle assessment; environmentally friendly foods; sustainability of food and drink; climate change; food security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Security and Sustainability)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: "Food Process Modeling, Optimisation and Control" submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6418 | Submission Open
Keywords: food process engineering; mathematical modeling; process optimization; artificial intelligence; machine learning; response surface methodology; Taguchi approach; process control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Engineering and Technology)
Food Aspects: From Prevention to Diet-Related Diseases submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6041 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive food components  ; phytochemicals  ; antioxidants  ; natural compounds  ; bioavailability of bioactive components  ; health promotion  ; disease prevention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Nutrition)
Advances in Sources, Extraction, Encapsulation, Bioavailability and Health Benefits of Functional Food Ingredients
edited by Rossella Vadalà, and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5991 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional foods; bioavailability enhancement strategies; encapsulation methods; health benefits; extraction techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods)
Advanced Detection and Analysis Technology for Food Contaminants and Toxicants submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5755 | Submission Open
Keywords: food safety; food contaminants; toxins; sample preparation; liquid chromatography; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; novel sorbents; analytical methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
Advanced Technologies for Enhancing Structure and Functions of Films and Coatings
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5004 | Submission Open
Keywords: foods preservation; foods packaging; coatings and films
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Engineering and Technology)
Value-Added Foods: Composition, Sensory and Consumer Research submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4723 | Submission Open
Keywords: value-added product; product development; process development; new food products; recycling and upcycling; quality characteristics; nutrient composition; sensory quality; consumer acceptance; consumer perception
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Security and Sustainability)
Emerging Techniques for the Processing and Preservation of Foods
edited by , Chenghai Liu and Liuyang Shen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4597 | Submission Open
Keywords: food processing; food preservation; food packaging; shelf life  extension; thermal or non-thermal processing; bioactive ingredient protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Packaging and Preservation)
Quality Changes and Improvement Technologies of Animal-Derived Foods during Storage and Processing
edited by , Xinyan Peng, and Juan Yu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4521 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal-derived food products; frozen; repeated freezing and thawing; proteins; functional properties; interactions between protein and other molecules; physicochemical characteristics; fermentation processing; nutrition; flavor; microorganism; novel processing and storage technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Quality and Safety)
Current Practice and Future Directions of Application of Puffed/Extruded Technologies in Food (Volume II)
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4207 | Submission Open
Keywords: extrusion; puffing; extrusion texture; extrusion parameters; low/high moisture extrusion; single-screw/twin-screw extruder; numerical simulation; functional properties; physicochemical and structural properties; rheology property
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Engineering and Technology)
Application of Advanced Methodologies in Food Quality and Safety Evaluation
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3955 | Submission Open
Keywords: food chemistry; spectroscopic analysis; spectrometric analysis; chromatographic analysis; food metabolomics; chemometrics; food safety; food quality; innovative analysis approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
Advanced Research and Development of Carbohydrate from Foods
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3951 | Submission Open
Keywords: polysaccharide; starch; natural; synthetic; and modified polymers; physicochemical properties; analytical methodologies; structure; functional properties; nutrition and bioactivities; structure– bioactivity relationship; preparation and processing techniques; applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry)
Advances in the Design of Food Emulsions: Properties, Emulsification Techniques and Applications
edited by Andresa Gomes and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3720 | Submission Open
Keywords: emulsification methods; food processing; ultrasound; membrane emulsification; microfluidics; rheology; stability; bioaccessibility; bioavailability; release
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry)
Biochemical Prospection in Seafood: Extraction, Biological Activity of Extracts and Functional Research on Their Compounds
edited by and Carlos Cardoso
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3652 | Submission Open
Keywords: seafood; marine organisms; undervalued marine resources; bio-refinery; green extractive technologies; enzyme-assisted extraction; in vitro biological activity; in vivo biological activity; structural elucidation; micronutrients
(This special issue belongs to the Section Foods of Marine Origin)
Techniques for Food Authentication: Trends and Emerging Approaches—Volume II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3647 | Submission Open
Keywords: food authentication; method development; method validation; geographic origin; species identification; DNA based techniques; chromatography; spectroscopy; electrophoresis; chemometric methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
Advances in Toxicity Induction and Safety Evaluation of Mycotoxins in Food submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3240 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; in vitro toxicity; mechanisms of action; risk assessment; advanced methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Toxicology)
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Food Component
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3035 | Submission Open
Keywords: food ingredients/food fingerprinting; authenticity; safety; and traceability; separation and detection of declared and undeclared novel ingredients in foods; quantitation of declared and undeclared novel ingredients in foods; molecular spectroscopy method analysis and biotechnological solutions; HPLC-MS and HPLC-MS/MS methods for food analysis; GC-MS; GC-IMS; and GC-MS/MS methods for food analysis; CE; CE-MS; and CE-MS/MS methods for food analysis; foodomics; food safety; and food bioactivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
Machine Learning and Chemometrics Applied to Food Control: New Trends and Challenges submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2222 | Submission Open
Keywords: food control; adulteration; machine learning; chemometrics; food fingerprint; analytical methods; data handling; sprectroscopic techniques; extraction techniques; green chemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
Spectroscopic Techniques Applied in the Context of Food Safety and Quality submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2136 | Submission Open
Keywords: infrared spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; metabolomics; foodomics; food quality; food safety; microbial spoilage; shelf-life; food fraud; sensorial evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
Quality Control and Analysis of Fats and Oils and Their Related Products submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2041 | Submission Open
Keywords: edible oil; edible fats; vegetable oil; food analysis; instrumental analysis; method validation; analytical methods; lipid-based food; authenticity; frauds; quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry)
Impacts of Innovative Processing Technologies on Food Quality
edited by and Paul Priyesh
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1858 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging food processing techniques; innovative food processing techniques; AI in food processing; non-thermal technologies; food imaging; sustainable food processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Engineering and Technology)
Food from Equids: Production, Quality, Promotion, and Commercialization submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1797 | Submission Open
Keywords: equine; production; meat; meat products; consumers; food quality; value-add products; new methodology; sensory evaluation; carcass traits; physicochemical properties; pre-slaughter conditions; post-slaughter factors; food safety
Contamination Monitoring and Analysis Techniques in Food Processing and Safety
edited by María José Cardador and Lourdes Arce
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1494 | Submission Open
Keywords: contamination monitoring; food contaminants; microbiology; analytical methods; food processing; food safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
Processing and Physicochemical Research of Egg Products
edited by Jun Sun
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1441 | Submission Open
Keywords: egg product; egg white; egg yolk; peptides; protein structure; processing; physicochemical properties; interaction; purification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry)
New Methods in Food Processing and Analysis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1329 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovative processing techniques; sustainability; quality and safety; process analytical technology; artificial intelligence/machine learning techniques; traceability and authenticity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Engineering and Technology)
Exploring the Potential of Bioactive Compounds and Extracts Obtained from Plants submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1189 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant bioactives; phytochemicals; by-products; food ingredients; biological activities; circular economy; sustainability; valorisation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Foods)
Microbiological Studies on Wine/Baijiu Fermentation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open
Keywords: wine fermentation; baijiu fermentation; core functional microbes; yeasts; lactic acid bacteria; caproate-producing microbes; microbial interaction and metabolism; sensory profiles; flavor profiles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)
Foodomics Fifteen Years On From. Where Are We Now, What’s Next
edited by , Elena Babini and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 871 | Submission Open
Keywords: FoodOmics; alternative nutrients; biomarkers; bioaccessibility; bioavailability; food categories; food processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Foodomics)
Prebiotics, Probiotics and Postbiotics: Current Trends in the Food Industry
edited by Xiaoyang Pang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open
Keywords: prebiotics; probiotics; postbiotics; interaction; regulatory mechanism; modification; application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)
Advances in Innovative Processing and Formulation Strategies for Gluten-Free Cereal Foods: Health Benefits and Sensory Quality submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: gluten-free cereals; baked products; innovative process; novel ingredients; pseudocereals; food formulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Grain)
Novel Applications of Machine Learning Combine with Chemometrics in Food Quality Assessment
edited by Rommel Melgaço Barbosa and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: pattern recognition; multivariate analysis; machine learning; chemometrics; classification models; food safety; food traceability; food adulteration; food quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
Food Ingredients from Food Wastes and By-Products submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive compounds; oil; protein; polysaccharides; extraction; foods; natural products; plant-based
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods)
Extraction, Characterization and Bioactive Properties of Plants Foods: Series II
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: extraction; cloud point extraction; bioactive compounds; monoterpenes; sterols; plant foods; phenolic compounds; polyphenols; flavonoids; phytoestrogens
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Foods)
Unraveling the Nexus of Food Processing, Digestion, and Health submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open
Keywords: health impacts; food insecurity; chronic diseases; food processing; bioactivity; bioaccessibility; nutrients; bioactive compounds; digestion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Systems)
Recent Research on Antibacterial, Preservative and Degradable Properties of Food Coatings and Films
edited by Guiyun Chen and Shuhong Li
submission deadline 3 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | Submission Open
Keywords: film; coating; natural antibacterial ingredients; degradable properties; release profile; preservation application; green modification; performance enhancement; antibacterial mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Packaging and Preservation)
Processing, Physicochemical, Structural and Functional Properties of Starch-Based Materials and Their Derived Food Products
edited by and
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19906 | Submission Open
Keywords: starch; slow digestible starch; resistant starch; starch-derived food products; processing; structure; physicochemical properties; functional properties; fermentation characteristics; starch structure– functionality relationship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Foods)
Processing Technologies of Grain Foods and Their Effects on Physical Properties
edited by
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5098 | Submission Open
Keywords: grain processing; innovative technology; food physical property; food texture; food rheology; sensory property
(This special issue belongs to the Section Grain)
Exploring the Structure, Physicochemical Properties, and Food Applications of Polysaccharides
edited by and
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open
Keywords: polysaccharides; carbohydrates; gums; emulsions; hydrogels; delivery systems; food preservations; micro-/nanofibers; modifications; interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry)
Fruit and Vegetable: Physicochemical Characteristics, Bioactive Compounds and Sensory Profile
edited by Zhongyuan Zhang
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: fruit and vegetable; physicochemical composition and characteristics; bioactive compounds; flavor compounds; sensory profile; thermal processing; non-thermal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry)
Food Contaminant Detection, Analysis and Risk Assessment
edited by Miao Wang
submission deadline 6 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1971 | Submission Open
Keywords: food safety  ; food contaminant detection  ; pesticides  ; veterinary drugs  ; mycotoxins  ; persistent organic pollutants (POPs)  ; heavy metals  ; food analysis  ; chemical hazards  ; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Toxicology)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Global Food Security and Sustainability” submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 25194 | Submission Open
Keywords: food security; nutrition; sustainability; well-being; global food security and sustainability; genetically modified food; pathogen infections; safety; agriculture resource systems; water; energy and food
Advanced Research on Quality and Nutrition of Cereal-Based Foods and Beverages
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12205 | Submission Open
Keywords: cereal-based food; quality and nutrition control; functional cereal ingredient; innovative processing technology; cereal components
(This special issue belongs to the Section Grain)
Food Quality Control: Microbial Diversity and Metabolic Regulation submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9276 | Submission Open
Keywords: food fermentation; microbial diversity; food quality; metabolic engineering; metabolic regulation; food microbiology; microbe application; food flavors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Quality and Safety)
Sustainable Unconventional Processes for the Recovery and Enhancement of Functional Compounds from Plant Foods
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8017 | Submission Open
Keywords: green chemistry; encapsulation techniques; green extraction techniques; natural molecules; functional properties; plant food systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Engineering and Technology)
Green Extraction Techniques of Bioactive Compounds from Food By-Products submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6207 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive compounds; food waste/by-products; green extraction; revalorization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods)
Modulation of the Immune and Inflammatory Responses by Bioactive Food Compounds submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5219 | Submission Open
Keywords: immunonutriton; immunometabolism; inflammation; immune response; inflammatory response; bioactive food compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Nutrition)
Detection and Control of Food-Borne Pathogens submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4230 | Submission Open
Keywords: food-borne pathogens; detection; control; food preservation; minimal processing; whole-genome sequencing; omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)
Advances in Meat Processing Technologies and Development of Healthier Meat Products
edited by and Gabriela Feltre
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3515 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional processed meat; fat replacement; salt replacement; bioactive compounds; probiotics; oleogels; hydrogels; emulsification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Meat)
Edible Oil: Processing, Safety and Sustainability
edited by and Weimin Zhang
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open
Keywords: oilseed; process technology; analytical method; quality evaluation; security evaluation; regulation mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Engineering and Technology)
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