Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for the Monitoring of Food Fermentation
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 225
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food science and technology; food product and process optimization; food authentication; IR spectroscopy; rheology; chemometrics
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Interests: process analytical technology (PAT) applied to food; food quality evaluation; food authentication; non-invasive technologies; e-sensing technologies; spectroscopy; image analysis; electronic nose; chemometrics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fermentation-based processes have been of great interest to humans since the ancient times, due to their several applications. In particular, food and beverage fermentations are among the oldest known uses of biotechnology. They are performed not only to preserve foods but also to enhance the sensory, nutritional, and functional attributes of the final products. Traditionally, foods have been preserved through naturally occurring fermentation; however, modern large-scale production generally uses starter culture or enzymatic systems to ensure consistency and quality in the final product. The development of fermentation technology is still being carried out in order to improve the yield and quality of products, reduce the costs of production, and search for environmentally friendly processes. Sensing technologies can help in overcoming some of these issues, providing convenient, accurate, and cost-effective ways to monitor key biochemical parameters in fermentation processes. In particular, near-infrared spectroscopy can be a suitable tool for precise fermentation, especially when combined with chemometrics for big data management. Infrared sensors are, in fact, among the most common tools for the process analytical technology applied to food processing control.
Thus, the main goal of this Special Issue is to collect research and review manuscripts providing new insights in the use of NIR spectroscopy, coupled with chemometrics, for the monitoring of food and beverage fermentations as well as starter production, in order to move a significant step forward in the application of the Industry 4.0 and 5.0 principles in the food field.
Prof. Dr. Cristina Alamprese
Dr. Silvia Grassi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- near-infrared spectroscopy
- fermented food
- process analytical technology
- process monitoring
- chemometrics
- deep learning
- artificial intelligence
- precise fermentation
- online/in-line monitoring
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