Development and Application of Analytical Strategies to Characterize Food Quality and Safety of Novel Food Products
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editor
Interests: analytical chemistry; phospholipids; glycans; characterization of macromolecules; encapsulation techniques; liposomes; micelles; trace analysis of toxins
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The food industry is constantly evolving through the introduction of novel products with specific nutritional benefits and the adoption of advanced technologies to enhance their absorption and functionality. While these innovations offer promising advantages, they also pose new challenges in ensuring food quality and safety.
Novel food products may expose consumers to previously unrecognized toxic compounds. Furthermore, new technologies—including the encapsulation of active ingredients using synthetic or natural emulsifiers, such as phospholipids—can complicate the accurate analysis and determination of these compounds. In some cases, encapsulation may hinder the full release of bioactive ingredients, resulting in misleading analytical results and compromised assessments of nutritional value.
This Special Issue seeks contributions that explore analytical strategies that address these emerging challenges. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The characterization of novel food products, including the detection and quantification of both nutritional and potentially harmful compounds.
- Analytical approaches for evaluating emulsifiers used in encapsulation technologies.
- Strategies for the accurate determination of encapsulated bioactive compounds.
- Techniques to enhance the bioavailability of nutritional components in novel foods.
We welcome original research, reviews, and methodological papers that contribute to the development of reliable tools and strategies to ensure the quality and safety of innovative food products.
Prof. Dr. Matevž Pompe
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phospholipid profiling
- encapsulation technologies
- liposomes
- micelles
- novel toxins
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