Section Editors
- Editorial Board
- Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry Section
- Food Engineering and Technology Section
- Food Quality and Safety Section
- Food Analytical Methods Section
- Food Microbiology Section
- Food Nutrition Section
- Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Section
- Food Security and Sustainability Section
- Food Packaging and Preservation Section
- Sensory and Consumer Sciences Section
- Foodomics Section
- Food Toxicology Section
- Food Systems Section
- Food Biotechnology Section
- Meat Section
- Foods of Marine Origin Section
- Plant Foods Section
- Grain Section
- Dairy Section
- Drinks and Liquid Nutrition Section
Section Board for 'Food Engineering and Technology' (78)
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Interests: food technology/science; aquaculture; fruits and vegetables and nuts; food safety; HACCP; food processing; bioactive components; shelf life foods; food engineering
Interests: plant breeding food processing; food processing and engineering; food technology; food engineering; starch; egg production; carotenoids; cereal; eggs; baking; bread; flour; heat damage in foods
Interests: vegan; organic; vegetarian; fresh produce; food safety; shelf life; ultraviolet light processing; non thermal processing; food packaging; food safety engineering
Interests: food science; storage; processing; safety control; fruit; vegetable; sea food

Interests: plant protein; nanospheres; nanoparticle; nanogel; structural modification; Pickering emulsion; delivery system; polyphenols; bioavailability
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Special Issue in Molecules: Recent Advances in Food Carbohydrates
Special Issue in Polymers: Natural Protein and Carbohydrates Polymers for Food and Nutrition Application
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Advances of Food Grade Nanomaterials in Enhancing Functional Factor Bioavailability
Special Issue in Foods: Advanced Research on Anti-chronic Disease of Food Active Components
Interests: nonthermal technologies; pulsed electric fields; cold plasma; high-pressure processing; irradiation; pulsed magnetic fields; pulsed light; microwave; high-density carbon dioxide; interaction between food components during nonthermal processing; application of nonthermal technologies in the extraction of useful compounds
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Interests: sensors application to the agro-food sector; brewing technologies; advanced traceability systems; optoelectronic systems; spectrophotometry
Interests: food processing; starch; grains; cereals; value-addition; plant products; bakery products
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Special Issue in Foods: Emerging Thermal Food Processing Technologies
Special Issue in Foods: Starch Modifications, Properties, and Functions

Interests: emerging food processing technologies; ohmic heating; cold plasma; ultrasound; waste valorization; extraction
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Interests: fruit; pesticides; fruit quality; agricultural science; postharvest; processing
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Interests: consumer science; sensory evaluation; sensory analysis of foods; instrumental flavour analysis; sensory perception; food science; food chemistry; pulse electric field; high-pressure processing; non-thermal technologies; meat and seafood products
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Special Issue in Foods: Novel Non-thermal Processing Technologies for Food Industry Applications
Special Issue in Sustainability: Sustainable Food Byproduct Valorisation and Consumer Behaviour
Special Issue in Molecules: New Insights into Chemical and Flavor Qualities of Food via Processing Techniques

Interests: food science; food processing; food engineering
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Interests: microwave heating; ohmic heating; heat and mass transfer modelling; electrohydrodynamic drying, freezing
Interests: production; food processing and engineering; food engineering; sensory analysis; food industry; mass transfer; processing technology; dehydration; cereal technology

Interests: supercritical fluid extraction; green extraction; bioactive compounds; volatile oil; carotenoids; anthocyanins; cost of manufacturing; phase equilibrium; mass transfer; microparticles
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Interests: technology of oils and fats; physicochemical and thermal processing of food
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Special Issue in Foods: Fats and Fats-Substitute in Food Formulations: Physicochemical and Technological Impact

Interests: bio-based and biodegradable polymers; green composites; polymerization of biopolymers; processing of bioplastics; nanofibers obtained by electrospinning; sustainable polymer technologies for food preservation; controlled release of active compounds in plastic formulations; biopolymers for food packaging; bioeconomy; circular economy
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Special Issue in Materials: Environmentally Friendly Polymers and Polymer Composites
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Sustainable Polymer Technologies for a Circular Economy
Special Issue in Polymers: Advances in Manufacturing and Characterization of Functional Polyesters
Special Issue in Foods: Circular Bioeconomy: Novel Processes and Materials for Food Preservation
Topical Collection in Polymers: Sustainable Plastics
Topics: Sustainable Polymer Technologies
Interests: food colloids (emulsions, hydrogels, oleogels, nanoparticles); food microstructures, texture and rheology; delivery of bioactive compounds; microencapsulation; food additive and beverages
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Interests: chemical engineering; oil; extraction; solvent extraction; process engineering; solvents; liquid‐liquid extraction; essential oils; fractionation; solubility
Interests: high pressure processing; high pressure homogenization; emerging food technologies; food preservation; food process optimising; food process scaling-up
Interests: high-pressure processing; hyperbaric storage; modeling high-pressure processses and thermophysical properties of food; food freezing; innovative freezing technologies; high-pressure freezing and thawing; magnetic field assisted freezing
Interests: food technology; shelf-life; aroma compounds; GC-MS; SPME
Interests: food process modelling; 3D food printing; virtual modelling; heat and mass transfers; multi-criteria analysis; meat and meat products quality; food design; process sustainability
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Interests: food freezing; food refrigeration; food quality; baking; cereal sciences; microwave; modeling
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Interests: food edible coating and food safety; food science & technology

2. Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120, USA
Interests: drying; disinfestation and pasteurization of foods using RF energy
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Interests: food process engineering; fruits and vegetables drying; microwave; biomaterials
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Interests: microcapsules; bioactive compounds; omega-3 rich oils; antioxidants; emulsion homogenization; spray-drying; food enrichment; bioavailability
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Interests: microcapsules; bioactive compounds; omega-3 rich oils; antioxidants; emulsion homogenization; spray-drying; food enrichment; bioavailability
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Interests: food produced by green processing; fruit grape wine brewing and evaluation; processing of fruit and vegetable
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Interests: functional food processing; food systems engineering; emerging food processing technology; oral processing and in vitro digestion; baking; dairy; drying

Interests: food drying; food quality; shrinkage; porosity; machine vision of quality attributes; electrotechnologies in food processing and packaging

Interests: food drying; osmotic dehydration; edible coatings; controlled/modified atmosphere; mathematical modelling; fruits; fresh-cut fruits; antioxidant activity; total phenolic content; flavonoid

Interests: volatile and phenolic compounds; analytical methodologies; sensory and functional quality of wines and olive oils
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Interests: physical food processing; food processing equipment; extraction; enzymolysis; fermentation; drying; functional food; polypeptide

Interests: mathematical modelling; simulation; model-based design and optimisation of food processes; use of computers and simulation in food making; fermented foods and beverages (such as yoghurt, cheese, wine and beer); physical processes such as drying, refrigeration, freezing and freeze-drying

Interests: food chemistry; analytical chemistry; food technology; sensory analysis; natural antioxidants; proteomics
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Special Issue in Antioxidants: Advances in Natural Antioxidants for Food Improvement
Special Issue in Biomolecules: Lipids, Proteins and Bioactive Peptides in Food: A Themed Issue Dedicated to Dr. José M. Lorenzo
Special Issue in Antioxidants: Advances in Natural Antioxidants for Food Improvement Volume 2
Interests: natural antimicrobials; food processing; microbiological risk assessment; bioactive compounds in food; agri-food by-products valorization; non-thermal processing in food industry
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Interests: food chemistry; food analysis; food processing; antioxidants; food technology; food safety; food quality
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Interests: non-destructive testing of foods—hyperspectral imaging and near infrared spectroscopy; mathematical modeling of food systems; heat and mass transfer during food processing—deep-fat frying; novel extraction methods
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Interests: biochemistry; chromatography; carbohydrate acting enzymes; proteins; polysaccharides; bioprocesses; biosourced materials; biorefinery; biotechnology
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Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Poly- and Oligosaccharides from Biomass
Special Issue in Foods: Polysaccharides and Other Carbohydrates: Production, Quality and Chemistry
Special Issue in Biomolecules: Biomolecules from Alga: Biological Effect and Pharmacological Properties
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Bioactive Compounds Derived from Marine Macrophytes
Special Issue in Foods: Seafood: Quality Aspects, Health Benefits and Sustainability
Special Issue in AppliedChem: Polysaccharides from Biomass Conversion
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Polysaccharides from Marine Environments II
Special Issue in Polysaccharides: Fungal and Yeast Cell Wall Polysaccharides—Bioactivities and Practical Applications
Special Issue in Biomolecules: Biomolecules from Alga: Biological Effect and Pharmacological Properties Volume 2
Interests: food chemistry; food nanotechnology; bioactivity of micronutrients; antioxidants; extracted from plants; active-packaging techniques; nanoencapsulation; nanofiltration; food safety and toxicology; quality control and assurance; improving the food quality and safety; analyzing the bioactive constituents and micronutrients; producing the high value-added food products and ingredients; manufacturing functional food constituents and foods
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Interests: food functional packaging; biopolymers (film and coating); shelf-life; biopreservatives; analysis
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Interests: nonthermal food processing; active food packaging
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Interests: extraction; supercritical carbon dioxide; subcritical dimethyl ether; lipid; carotenoid; antisolvent; biofuel; microalgae
Interests: enzyme immobilization for food processing; fluidized bioreactor design; milk coagulant from vegetable sources
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Special Issue in Foods: Enzymes in Food Industry: Novel Food Processing Technologies
Interests: chlorophylls; chlorophyll derivatives; carotenoids; changes in food processing; chemistry and biochemistry of pigments; colorants; metal-chlorophyll complexes; metabolic process; table olives; olive oil
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Special Issue in Foods: Advanced Research on the Green Color of Processed Foods
Interests: development of new seafood products; upgrading of underutilized fish species; quality control of seafood products; marine biotechnology and seafood processing; technology of marine bio-based produ

Interests: membrane processes; separation; bioactive molecules; fouling; protein; peptides; circular economy; coproducts; hydrolysis; valorization
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Special Issue in Membranes: State-of-the-Art Membrane Science and Technology in North America
Topical Collection in Membranes: Featured Reviews in Membrane Science
Special Issue in Membranes: Membrane Technologies for Sustainability

Interests: food engineering; food safety; HPP; PEF; ultrasound; food pasteurization; food biochemistry; enzymes
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Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Non-thermal Technologies for Food Processing
Special Issue in Foods: Inactivation and Control of Spoilage Enzymes in Foods by Novel and Conventional Technologies
Special Issue in Beverages: Preservation of Beverages by Continuous Pasteurization Technologies
Interests: fruit; vegetables; fresh-cut; postharvest physiology; postharvest technology; modified atmosphere packaging; modified humidity packaging; phenolic compounds; aroma volatiles
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Interests: food biotechnology; fermentation; fermented foods; bioconversion of natural compounds; glycosides; carbohydrate-active enzymes; extremophiles; extremozymes; archaea
Interests: carbohydrates and lipids; global analyses of foods components, gene expression profiling of sugar and lipid metabolism; enzymatic syntheses of new functional carbohydrates and lipids; nanotechnology using carbohydrates and lipids; biological activities of carbohydrates and lipids
Interests: edible films and coatings; fatty acids in meat products
Interests: enological products; chromatography techniques; polyphenols; volatile compounds; chromatography; food analysis; food quality; sensory analysis; extraction; food composition; food science and technology
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Special Issue in Foods: Novel Analysis on Aroma Compounds of Wine, Vinegar and Derived Products
Special Issue in Foods: Advance in Grape Derived Product Aroma and Flavour Chemistry
Special Issue in Foods: Analytical Characterization of Foods and Beverages
Interests: food engineering; food processing; food unit operations; food structure; food physical properties; food texture; sweeteners; wheat flour dough; food gels; sensory analysis and consumer science; food packaging and shelf life; edible coating
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Interests: cheese; biogenic amines; high hydrostatic pressure
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Interests: NMR-based metabolomics; chemometrics; time-domain NMR; water mobility in food
Interests: Industrial Engineering; Bioprocesses; Agro-industrial residues; Food Biotechnology; Innovative extraction methods; Green chemistry
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Interests: mathematical modelling of biological processes of food; food product variability and shelf life; postharvest technology; drying technologies; quality assurance in food studies

Interests: industrial fermentations; food and by-products chemistry and analysis; valorization of renewable resources; biorefineries; food biotechnology
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Interests: food engineering; industrial biotechnology; biobased chemicals; nutraceuticals; waste valorisation; novel food processing technologies
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Special Issue in Foods: Health Benefits and Nutritional Quality of Fruits, Nuts, and Vegetables
Special Issue in Biomass: Biomass to Biobased Chemicals & Materials
Special Issue in Biomass: Recent Advances in Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass
Special Issue in COVID: Recent Advancement in the Management of COVID-19

Interests: development of analysis method of food additives in food; purification and identification of bioactive compounds from natural sources; development of functional food ingredient from natural sources
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Interests: emulsions; dairy products; reformulation; antioxidants; food processing; bioactive ingredients
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Special Issue in Beverages: Vitamin Drinks: Formulation Challenges and Health Implications
Interests: pulsed light; UV-C light; emerging technologies; decontamination methods; viruses; pathogenic microorganisms
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Interests: emerging food technologies; food quality; chemistry and structure of food lipids; mass spectrometry; instrumental chromatographic techniques; edible insects; vegetable oils
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Interests: nonthermal technologies; functional foods; high-pressure homogenization; bioactive compounds; nanoencapsulation; colloidal delivery systems; essential oils
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Interests: food innovation; advanced food processing technologies; food physics and rheology; value addition to foods; functional foods; hydrocolloids; food nanotechnology
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Special Issue in Foods: Emerging Thermal Food Processing Technologies

Interests: fermentation; emerging processing technologies; valorization of by-products and agro-industrial waste bioprocess; antioxidant bioactive compounds
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Special Issue in Foods: Impact of Emerging Technologies on Food Microorganisms: Growth, Conservation, and Extraction of Valuable Compounds
Special Issue in Fermentation: Production of Dyes and Pigments by Microorganisms: Fermentation, Extraction, and Applications
Special Issue in Foods: Application of Biotechnology in Food Processing

Interests: ultrasound processing of foods; wastes and by-products processing and valorization; nutrients; bioactive compounds; food preservation; food drying; non-thermal treatments (PEF, HHP); innovative processing; microwaves; extrusion

Interests: nutrients; bioactive compounds; food preservation; thermal treatment; innovative processing; high-pressure processing; compressed fluids; pulsed electric fields; ultrasound; microwaves; phytochemical purification; phytochemical analysis; compound isolation; bioaccessibility; bioavailability
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Special Issue in Foods: Novel Food Processing and Extraction Technologies
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Health Compounds: From Extraction to Food and Pharmaceutical Application
Special Issue in Molecules: Extraction, Purification and Application of Antioxidants from Food Matrices, Wastes and By-Products
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Aquaculture Wastes and By-products as Source of High Added Value Compounds: Extraction, and Health Aspects
Special Issue in Foods: Recent Research Advances in Meat Products
Topical Collection in Molecules: Feature Papers from High Cited Researchers
Special Issue in Foods: Recent Advances and Future Trends on Comprehensive Utilization of Food Waste and Side Streams
Special Issue in Foods: Polyphenols in Food: Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Research II
Interests: food extrusion; value addition to agricultural and horticultural biomass; microencapsulation; functional food ingredients; probiotics; drying; fluid bed coating; biomaterials; biopolymers; water sorption; physical properties; glass transition; reaction kinetics; computer modelling
Interests: process analytical technology; food engineering; novel food processing

Interests: food bionanotechnology; nanoimpact; nanocarriers; moleculariamging and theranostics
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Interests: general statistics; research methodology; experimental design; mathematical modeling; multivariate analysis; novel food processing and extraction technologies
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Special Issue in Foods: Sustainable Functional Food Processing
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Sustainable Green Nanotechnologies for Innovative Purifications of Water
Special Issue in Foods: Sustainable Technological Advancements for Food Quality
Special Issue in Foods: Fruits and Vegetables: Recent Advances in Sustainable Extraction and Processing Technologies
Interests: high pressure food applications; food properties improvement; foods production
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Interests: food chemistry; food engineering; nutrition; sustainable agriculture; food science
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Special Issue in Agronomy: CERNAS – Current Evolution and Research Novelty in Agricultural Sustainability
Special Issue in Processes: Control and Optimization of Extractive Methodologies and Analysis of Natural Products
Special Issue in Foods: The 2nd Edition of Motivations Associated with Food Choices and Eating Practices
Interests: nanotechnology; synthesis of novel nanomaterials, application of nanomaterial; isolation of harmful substances in food and environment, biosensor development
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