Application of Natural Components in Food Production, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant-based foods; antioxidant activity; glycaemic index; antitumor and antidiabetic activity of plant-based food; toxins in food
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Interests: human nutrition; dietetics; brassica vegetables; nutrients; non-essential nutrients; vitamin C; β-carotene; total polyphenols; chemical contaminants; antioxidant activity; nutritive value; starch digestibility; vegetables; iodine absorption; chemical analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to recent research, there is a stark lack of global food security. Approximately 820 million people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger, while 2 billion are impacted by so-called hidden starvation daily, primarily caused by inappropriate eating habits and the overconsumption of food with poor nutritional value (low in vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber, abundant in saturated fats and simple carbohydrates). These widespread nutritional patterns lead to the development of chronic non-communicable diseases, such as obesity and its complications (type 2 diabetes, caries, various forms of cancer, and cardiovascular diseases). At the same time, the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health recommends reducing our daily meat consumption in favor of increasing our intake of plant-based food products. Plants are rich sources of several natural bioactive components that might find applications in various areas within food technology, such as novel foods, pro-health food products, food supplements, and innovative food packaging, or as natural herbicides in the field of green chemistry.
The present Special Issue aims to highlight, though not exhaustively, the potential of common and uncommon plants, as well as plant-based foods, to be utilized as sources of valuable natural compounds in the human diet, with the ultimate goal of maintaining wellness in the human body and efficiently protecting it against the development of diet-related diseases, for the good of the planet and human health.
Prof. Dr. Barbara Borczak
Dr. Joanna Kapusta-Duch
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- planetary diet
- nutritional patterns
- plants
- human nutrition
- diet-related diseases
- food packaging
- green chemistry
- biopolymers
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