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 Quality and Safety' (63)
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Interests: analytical methods; food lipids; food technology; food authenticity; food safety; food waste
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Special Issue in Foods: Advanced Research on Lipid Components in Food
Special Issue in Foods: The Future of Foods: Recent Advances and Perspectives on Food Quality and Safety
Special Issue in Foods: Advance of Rapid Analysis Technology for Detecting Food Contaminants
Special Issue in Foods: Women’s Special Issue Series: Food Science
Interests: quantitative risk assessment; food safety analysis; risk management
Interests: postharvest technology; quality; shelf-life; hyperspectral imaging; NIR
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Interests: food innovation; novel foods; alternative protein sources; food nutrition and health; food security
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Special Issue in Foods: Microbial, Chemical and Physical Contamination of Food Products
Special Issue in Foods: Fresh Produce Safety
Special Issue in Foods: Innovative Foods: The Future Food Supply, Nutrition and Health
Interests: food quality; sensory analysis; volatile profile; consumer preference; bioactive compounds; antioxidant effects; essential oils; hydrolates; functional food; olive oil
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Interests: olive oil; table olives; food by-products; polyphenols
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Special Issue in Foods: Valorization of Food Processing By-Products

Interests: fruit ripening; fruit quality maintenance; responses to fungal pathogens; postharvest biology and technology

Interests: food fraud; food safety; food allergen management; food safety management; food integrity; foodborne diseases
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Interests: trace elements in food; analytical method development; inorganic chemical hazards; risks assessment

Interests: ripening physiology; pre and postharvest fruit treatments; storage; abiotic stress; ethylene; phytochemicals; texture; quality
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Interests: characterization of honeybee products; melissopalynology; unifloral honeys; physicochemical properties; sensorial characterization; healthy compounds
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Special Issue in Foods: Authenticity of Honey: Characterization, Bioactivities and Sensorial Properties
Special Issue in Veterinary Sciences: Honeybee Products for Animal Welfare
Special Issue in Foods: Authenticity of Honey: Characterization, Bioactivities and Sensorial Properties Series II
Interests: characterization of honeybee products; melissopalynology; unifloral honeys; physicochemical properties; sensorial characterization; healthy compounds
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Interests: postharvest plant physiology; postharvest handling and storage of fruit; packaging; controlled atmosphere; modified humidity (MH) packaging; edible coating; volatile flavor
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Special Issue in Foods: Postharvest Management of Fruits and Vegetables Series II
Interests: food processing; food quality; food storage; nutritional properties; sensory attributes
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Interests: food safety; mycotoxins degradation and detoxification; antimicrobial potential of natural compounds in foods; postharvest physiology and pathology of fresh fruits and vegetables
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Interests: food authentication; food contaminants; mycotoxins; mass spectrometry; sample treatment
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Interests: bioactives; co-products; extraction; fruit; quality
Interests: food chemistry; food safety and quality; lipid science
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Interests: food storage; food quality; food structure; heavy metal

Interests: hydrostatic high pressure processing to different matrices: meat and vegetable products; active packaging of meat and dry-cured meat products; valorisation and sustainable development of agrifood by-products

Interests: tropomyosin; shellfish; shrimp; mollusc; food allergy; parvalbumin; fish allergy; IgE antibody; food allergen; seafood
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Interests: food safety; mycotoxins; nuts and cereals; predictive mycology; fermented foods

Interests: aquaculture; aquaponics; nutrition

Interests: food quality; food safety; food shelf-life extension; food characterization; biosensors; immunosensors
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Special Issue in Sensors: Smart Biosensing at BBMEC 12, Rome
Special Issue in Biosensors: Biosensor and Bioanalytical Microtechniques in Environmental, Food & Clinical Analysis
Interests: food quality and safety; food sciences and technology; physical chemistry; food engineering; taste research; texture; sensory sciences
2. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: food; health prevention; quality; security; phytochemicals; bioacessibility; bioavailability; bioactivity
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Interests: global food security partnerships; mycotoxins; molecular plant pathology; post-harvest loss; crop improvement
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Interests: listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus; high hydrostatic pressure; bacterial acid resistance; glutamate decarboxylase system; food safety; antimicrobials

Interests: food safety; nutrition; novel foods; health claims; risk-benefit assessment
Interests: food safety; food hygiene; food microbiology; chemical risk in foods; commercial fraud
Interests: food safety; food microbiota; shelf-life of food products; food spoilage
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Interests: food technology; food analysis; food chemistry; olive oil quality and authenticity; sensory analysis; lipid oxidation; antioxidants; flavour

Interests: biopolymer biophysics; food nanotechnology; micro- and nano-encapsulation for controlled release; functional foods; nutrient delivery; biodegradable packaging materials; microgreen; antimicrobial agents and antioxidants; biosensor; biopolymer coatings
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Interests: seafood processing; value-added products; alternative proteins including algae, insects, plants, food, and agricultural wastes; microbiology; rapid detection technology; novel sanitizers; cellular agriculture
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Special Issue in Foods: Engineered and Cell-Based Meat and Seafood
Interests: mycotoxin in food/feed; mycotoxin detoxification; food chemical safety; biological control; fungal spoilage
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Interests: valorization; encapsulation; edible films; active packaging; seafood products
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Interests: food safety; fast detection; biosensor; bioimaging
Interests: biogenic amines; food quality
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Special Issue in Foods: Novel Foods, Food-Grade Materials, and Environmentally Friendly Compounds from Food Waste
Interests: olive oil; food quality; food authenticity; chromatography; sensory analysis
Interests: food science; food safety; applied nutrition for all ages
Interests: food safety; food inspection; high-resolution mass spectrometry; metabolomics; gas chromatography
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Interests: food safety; food safety management systems; HACCP; food certification; food quality; food and feed contaminants; food process; smart technologies; dematerialization
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Interests: food technology; food quality; novel foods; sensory analysis; shelf life; storage; wine; olive oil; bread; sourdough
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Interests: packaging; food preservation; sanitizing techniques; active compounds in the process and active packaging systems; functional food; by-product valorization
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Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Fresh-Keeping Technology and Quality Appraisal of Dairy Products
Special Issue in Foods: Scientific Breakthroughs to Fruit and Vegetable By-Product Valorization in Food Sector

Interests: food toxicology; marine products; food safety; risk analysis; microalgae; phycotoxins; ciguatera; functional food; cheese microbiology
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Interests: food processing; mathematical modeling; quality kinetics; predictive microbiology; non-thermal technologies; transport phenomena; design and optimization of the food chain; sustainable technology solutions
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Interests: food quality/authenticity; impact of beneficial and harmful compounds on dietary patterns and sustainable foods; chemical contaminants; analytical methods; in vitro gastro-intestinal digestion; sensory analysis; bioactive food compounds
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Interests: non-thermal technologies for fruit and vegetable processing (pulsed electric field, ultrasound, vacuum impregnation, osmotic dehydration, high pressure homogenization); waste and byproduct valorization; sustainable food production
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Special Issue in Sustainability: Innovative Food Science and Sustainable Process Management
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Drying Technologies in Food Processing

Interests: allergenic proteins; food allergy; celiac disease; risk assessment

Interests: food safety; rapid diagnostics; molecular epidemiology; biosensors; risk assessment
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Special Issue in Foods: Advances in Foodborne Pathogen Analysis—Second Volume

Interests: wine technology; wine chemistry; grape phenols; grape and wine aromas

Interests: food safety- chemical and microbial

Interests: cylindrospermopsin; food safety; toxicology
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Interests: alkaloids; biotransformation; oxidoreductases; monoamine oxidase; molecular toxicology; reactive oxygen species; chromatographic and mass spectrometric analysis

Interests: contaminants; bioactive compounds; natural toxins; miniaturization; microextraction; sample preparation; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; novel sorbents; analytical methods
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Interests: food preservation and food science; starter cultures; food microbiology and safety; microbial biofilm; innovative functional foods
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Interests: predictive microbiology; quantitative risk assessment; meta-analysis; statistical quality control; Bayesian applications; experimental designs; shelf-life determination
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Special Issue in Foods: Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods (Foods 2020)
Topical Collection in Foods: Food Modelling
Special Issue in Foods: Intervention Processing for Controlling Pathogenic Bacteria in Fresh and Processed Meat

Interests: food toxicology; regulatory toxicology; food safety; epidemiology; risk assessment; chemical contaminants; cancer; alcoholic beverages; ethanol; acetaldehyde; thujone; formaldehyde; furan

Interests: food safety; chemical residue monitoring; analytical method development; biosensor-based contaminant screening; veterinary drug detection; mass spectrometry analysis; metabolomic/proteomic profiling
Interests: food safety; foodborne bacterial pathogens; colonization; zoonotic diseases; cynobiotics and prevention with natural antimicrobial
Interests: fruit; vegetable; post-harvest physiology; quality; physical treatment; UV-C hormesis; conservation; antioxidant
Interests: food safety; food inspection; high-resolution mass spectrometry; metabolomics, gas chromatography
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Interests: food identity; food authenticity and fraud; analytical chemistry
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