Fermentation and Circular Economy in Food Sustainability
A special issue of Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637). This special issue belongs to the section "Fermentation for Food and Beverages".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food waste valorization for the production of sustainable food packaging; novel food polymers; food ingredients; antimicrobial compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the topic of food sustainability has been shown to be an increasing area of research interest. In the food production system, a large amount of food is being wasted or lost in the supply chain. This Special Issue focuses on emerging innovations and technologies to help improve, but is not limited to, reducing food waste, increasing yield, and ensuring food safety. These strategies include the use of techniques such as fermentation or green synthesis to produce lower-cost food ingredients, novel food ingredients, and novel food packaging, as well as sensors to help the industry develop a circular economy system. Studies that also investigate novel food coatings for use on farms and post-harvest agricultural produce will also fall within the scope of this issue.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Jaslyn Jie Lin Lee
Dr. Xiaomei Lyu
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. Fermentation is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- food waste
- packaging
- coating
- fermentation
- sustainability
- valorisation
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