Advanced Dietary Interventions for Meat Quality Enhancement
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Meat".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 September 2026 | Viewed by 212
Editors
Interests: meat science and muscle biology
Interests: effect of growth path on carcass and meat quality in beef cattle; effect of early calf nutrition on carcass and meat quality; optimizing meat protein functionality in value-added products
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: artificial intelligence applications in meat science; meat safety with a focus on E. coli and salmonella-contaminated beef; conversion and valorization of meat processing waste into value-added products
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Meat quality is ultimately defined at the point of consumption, but it is largely determined long before the animal reaches the processing plant. Breeding strategies, nutritional programming, growth path manipulation, and feeding strategies are among the key pre-slaughter factors that interact to modulate meat quality traits. Over the past few years, emerging trends in meat production and processing have increasingly focused on improving meat quality. Continuous innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration are essential to achieving these objectives. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Dietary strategies during growing and finishing phases;
- Growth path and its impact on muscle and fat development;
- Breed, genotype, and genetic variation affecting meat quality;
- Interaction between pre-slaughter factors and carcass handling;
- Optimizing chilling and processing technologies.
Dr. Gregg Rentfrow
Dr. Luiz Henrique P Silva
Dr. Francine Mezzomo Giotto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- growth path
- meat quality
- precision nutrition
- processing technologies
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