Precision Analytics in Beverage Research: Novel Techniques and Applications
A special issue of Beverages (ISSN 2306-5710).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 54
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fermentation; beer; kombucha; gluten-free; GCMS; flavor chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The final flavor and properties of any beverage are heavily influenced by both the ingredients used and the processing involved. There is a growing body of work being conducted to better understand the chemical composition of a wide range of beverages with greater precision and accuracy than ever before. These includes fermented beverages (e.g., beer, wine, kombucha), unfermented beverages (coffee, tea, etc.), and other health-related beverages. In addition, the significant advancements in modern instrumentation and approaches have allowed for a greater number of new questions to be addressed. This includes uncertainty around the changes that occur in the creation of the beverage, processing, and storage. New information and approaches can be used to determine the impact of ingredients’ bioactive compounds, (e.g., phenolic compounds, antioxidants, and vitamins) proteins, sugars, and metabolites, as well as volatile and semi-volatile compounds, which undergo a variety of changes during the processing and storage of a beverage.
This Special Issue will explore both the use of novel analytical approaches and techniques to investigate a wide range of beverages. This will include applications of new technologies as well as well-established techniques to address new questions. Also, a wide range of papers will be accepted, including original research articles, short communications, and review papers.
Dr. Drew M. Budner
Dr. Katherine Witrick
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Beverages is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- novel analytical techniques
- compositional analysis
- flavor and aroma
- ingredients
- phenolic compounds
- vitamins
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