Sustainable Management, Recovery, and Transformation of Food Waste and By-Products

Dear Colleagues,

The industrial processing of food generates residues that pose both environmental and economic challenges. The reuse of food waste contributes to several Sustainable Development Goals outlined in the United Nations Agenda 2030.

Food waste recovery serves multiple purposes, particularly by leveraging its valuable chemical and physical properties. As such, food waste and by-products can act as important sources of key compounds for the biorefinery industry. They can also be effectively used to extract bioactive compounds suitable for applications in functional foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals with natural excipients, and even in fields such as environmental remediation.

Converting food waste into biofuels and other high-value products used in everyday life is an area with vast untapped potential. This topic engages experts across a range of disciplines, including biotechnology, industrial engineering, food technology, and organic, inorganic, and analytical chemistry.

For this Special Issue, I invite you to submit original research articles, reviews, and opinion pieces on the broad topic of sustainable utilization and management of food waste and by-products of both plant and animal origin.

Prof. Dr. Maria Martuscelli
Dr. Ali Mohsin
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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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. Foods 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 2900 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.