Advances in Non-thermal Technologies for Food, Beverages, and Pharmaceutical Processing

Dear Colleagues,

Advanced and non-thermal technologies are green, safe, and eco-friendly for food, beverage, and pharmaceuticals. These technologies are popular for inactivating microorganisms for minimally processed products while maintaining their sensory attributes and nutrient content, similar to as with fresh products. Apart from these benefits, these technologies are considered as alternative pre-treatment or extraction methods for releasing various biomolecules from different sources due to higher extraction yields, less time consumption, better functional properties, higher bioaccessibility and bioavailability, and minimum thermal degradation on thermosensitive compounds. Due to these advantages, more and more in-depth research related to these technologies has been carried out in recent years. Therefore, the focus of this Special Issue is the application of advanced and non-thermal technologies, including but not limited to, high-pressure processing (HPP), pulsed electric field, oscillating magnetic field, ozonization, irradiation, ultrasound processing, plasma processing, freeze drying, fermentation, and germination; and how such technologies influence food, beverage, and pharmaceuticals as well as food preservation, characterization and health promotion. We invite you to submit your original research or comprehensive review articles related to these technologies.

Dr. Hossain Abul
Dr. Deepika Dave
Guest Editors

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