Special Issue "Research on the Technologies of Food Extraction, Pressing and Extrusion"

A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Engineering and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 October 2023 | Viewed by 710

Special Issue Editors

Food Engineering Department, University of Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Interests: solvent extraction; vegetable oils; green solvents; mechanical extraction
Laboratory of Food Technology, State University of the North Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Interests: mechanical extraction; drying; essential oils; computational simulation
Food Engineering Department, University of Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Interests: solvent extraction; vegetable proteins; vegetable oils; extrusion

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

For this upcoming Special Issue of Foods, you are welcome to submit original research and review articles which may advance our current knowledge about “Technologies of Food Extraction, Pressing, Extrusion, and Drying”.

The processing of foods and assertive use of agroindustrial byproducts and wastes from vegetable and fruit handling can mitigate hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition. Many technologies have been proposed to improve the extraction of macro and minor constituents from foods, wastes, and byproducts, such as pressing, extrusion, drying, and association of these with traditional or modern solvent extraction techniques.

This Special Issue of Foods is focused on studies that could present solutions to:

  1. Maximize the recovering yields of lipids, proteins, fibers, vitamins, or antioxidants;
  2. Improve the availability of macro and minor nutrients;
  3.  Preserve the nutritional value of processed foods by mechanical approaches, such as extrusion and pressing;
  4. Modify structural, rheological, functional, or sensory aspects to increase the acceptability and commercial applications.

Dr. Christianne E.C. Rodrigues
Dr. Daniel Gonçalves
Dr. Maria Carolina Capellini
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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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.

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Keywords

  • food processing
  • green extraction
  • extrusion
  • pressing
  • drying

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Effects of Different Drying Methods on the Drying Characteristics and Quality of Codonopsis pilosulae Slices
Foods 2023, 12(6), 1323; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12061323 - 20 Mar 2023
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Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the effect of rotary microwave vacuum drying (RMVD), radio frequency vacuum drying (RFVD), vacuum far infrared drying (VFID), vacuum drying (VD), hot air drying (HD) and natural drying (ND) on the drying characteristics, active ingredients and microstructure [...] Read more.
The present study aimed to investigate the effect of rotary microwave vacuum drying (RMVD), radio frequency vacuum drying (RFVD), vacuum far infrared drying (VFID), vacuum drying (VD), hot air drying (HD) and natural drying (ND) on the drying characteristics, active ingredients and microstructure of Codonopsis pilosulae slices. Compared with the fitting results of the four models, the Weibull model is the most suitable drying model for Codonopsis. The RFVD and HD color difference values were smaller compared to ND. The effective moisture diffusivity (Deff) under different drying methods was between 0.06 × 10−8 m2/s and 3.95 × 10−8 m2/s. RMVD-dried products had the shortest drying time and retained more active ingredients. The microstructure analysis revealed that the porous structure of RMVD is more favorable for water migration. RMVD is a promising dehydration method for obtaining high-value-added dried Codonopsis products. Full article
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