Recent Advances in Quality, Safety and Sensory Analyses of Vegetable Food Products
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2026 | Viewed by 505
Special Issue Editors
2. Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
Interests: table olives; new products development; post-harvest technologies; shelf-life prediction
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2. Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
Interests: olive oil; table olives and olive by-products: quality control; chemical characterization and sensory analysis; use of electronic tongues in food science and technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The application of non-conventional technologies or the use of different raw materials in the processing of vegetable food products seeks to respond to consumers’ needs and desires. There is an increasing demand for foods with distinct characteristics and superior quality that are also safe, highly nutritious, and minimally processed. Furthermore, it is necessary to apply circular economy principles by reducing waste and valuing the by-products generated during processing by developing new products and applications.
Thus, non-conventional technologies aim to obtain products that either preserve or do not negatively alter the physio-chemical, biological, and sensory characteristics of foods. The use of different raw materials, as well as the safety and economic viability of the applied technologies and products obtained, are equally important topics.
Special attention will be paid to the following topics:
- High hydrostatic pressure;
- Supercritical fluids;
- Ultrasound;
- Atmospheric cold plasma;
- Ultraviolet radiation;
- Irradiation;
- Microwaves;
- Joule heating and pulsed electric fields;
- Intelligent packaging/active packaging;
- Use of different/alternative raw materials.
Dr. Elsa Cristina Dantas Ramalhosa
Dr. Nuno Rodrigues
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- non-conventional technologies
- alternative raw materials
- physical–chemical properties
- biological properties
- sensory analysis
- food safety
- shelf life
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