Effect of Processing and Cooking on Physicochemical, Sensory, and Functional Properties of Food: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The first volume of this Special Issue (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/special_issues/J4HAT4ZGMP) was a great success and gained the attention and interest of many scholars. I would like to take the opportunity here to thank them for their contributions and support. As the topic continues to attract the attention of scholars and plays a pivotal role in this area of research, we are looking forward to the launch of the second volume of this Special Issue.

Food processing uses agricultural, livestock, and aquatic products as its primary raw materials, which are processed using physical, chemical, and microbial methods to change their shape, increasing their preservation or endowing new properties to functional foods. The global population is growing, and the demand for food is getting higher. Therefore, to improve the circularity of the food system by optimizing the use of natural resources, it is necessary to provide novel and innovative solutions for the entire food system. As a result, parts of the food system will change as food technology advances. For example, the development of plant-based meat products, which have received significant attention recently, has aroused extensive scientific interest. The food development process also causes changes in physicochemical, sensory, and microbiological quality properties, which also provide researchers with many interesting problems to solve.

This Special Issue of Foods aims to gather and display original research articles on the contribution of processing and cooking technologies to the physicochemical, sensory, and functional quality characteristics of foods. Food is broadly defined, from ingredients and prototypes to products on the market, dishes, and even diets. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews that use food processing or cooking techniques to study foods’ physicochemical, sensory, and functional quality characteristics.

Prof. Dr. Sheng-Dun Lin
Guest Editor

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