Innovative Food Processing Influence on Food Quality Attributes, Antioxidant Activity, and Safety
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Quality and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 April 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: high pressure processing; innovative methods of food preservation; juices production; bioactive compounds; functional foods; HS-SPME GC-MS; HPLC analysis
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Interests: sustainable food production; food quality and safety; food processing and preservation technology; nutraceuticals; food for health; novel food products
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In response to growing consumer demands for more sustainable food production, manufacturers, researchers, and other related stakeholders are working to meet these requirements. Today, there is a growing number of publications examining the impact of modern techniques on food shelf life and properties. Food producers are also paying attention to the effects of processing techniques on the environment.
Following these trends, in this Special Issue, we encourage all the related researchers and stakeholders to submit manuscripts on the broadly understood impact of processing on the food quality attributes. We welcome reports analyzing optimal food processing parameters, examining the formation of rheology, texture, or organoleptic properties, as well as changes in the profile of volatile compounds or basic nutritional values. Relevant publications will focus on the impact of thermal and non-thermal processes on polyphenolic compounds and the antioxidant activity of food. We specifically invite contributions of work related to long-term effects of processed foods extending product shelf life, convenience, enhanced food safety, consumerism, and standardized green/sustainable productions. In addition, the submission will cover various aspects of sustainable food production and their impact on consumers' health and overall well-being.
Dr. Bartosz Kruszewski
Prof. Dr. Rajeev Bhat
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- processing optimization
- thermal and non-thermal methods
- nutritional value
- organoleptic properties
- rheology and texture
- volatile compounds profile
- storage studies
- shelf life
- polyphenolic compounds
- consumerism
- socio-economic impacts
- sustainable food production
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