Trends to Green Processing and Preservation of Meats and Meat Products
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Meat".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 1513
Special Issue Editor
Interests: meat protein; meat processing; protein oxidation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The meat industry constantly needs to innovate itself to achieve the social, financial and environmental demands, and green processing and preservation of meats and meat products can respond well to these challenges. The goal of this Special Issue is to inspire the innovation of knowledge and technology in the topic of “Trends to Green Processing and Preservation of Meats and Meat Products”. Specifically, this Special Issue includes but is not limited to the following fields: (i) enhancing shelf life and the nutritional quality using naturally derived ingredients; (ii) how the components from natural ingredients affect meat protein functionalities; (iii) preventing the formation of hazardous substances; (iv) eliminating wastes and byproducts; (v) reducing energy use and water use.
Dr. Shengjie Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- meat processing
- green technology
- natural ingredients
- shelf life
- meat byproducts
- environment-friendly
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