Special Issue "The Influence of the Elaboration and Preservation Processes on the Sensory and Bioactive Characteristics of Food Products and Beverages"

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2023 | Viewed by 768

Special Issue Editors

Department of Agroindustry and Food Quality, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Avenida Menendez-Pidal, SN, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: food quality and traceability; specifically on the characterization of sensory; bioactive compounds of different food matrixes using several techniques (e.g., GC-MS/GC-FID, UHPLC-HRMS and EA(GC)-C-IRMS)
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Food Science and Health Department, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Alameda del Obispo, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: alcoholic beverages; volatile; phenolic; chromatographic techniques
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Department of Agrifood Industry and Food Quality, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and 7 Training (IFAPA), Alameda del Obispo, Avda. Menéndez-Pidal, s/n, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: bioactive compounds; anthocyanins; phenolic compounds; food quality; organic acids; antioxidants; pigmented orange; rootstocks; harvesting period; HPLC; fresh garlic; black garlic; polyphenols; organosulfur compounds; simulated in vitro digestion; bioaccessibility; deficit irrigation; plastic tunnels; blueberry; crop evapotranspiration; water stress; color; mango polyphenols; fecal fermentation; degradation products; catabolic pathway; black onion; fresh onion; simulated digestion; in vitro digestion; flavonoids; phenolic acids; antioxidant activity; derived products; microbial metabolites
Department of Agrifood Industry and Food Quality, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Alameda del Obispo, Avda. Menéndez Pidal, SN, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: bioactive compounds in food; polyphenols; organosulfur compounds; LC-MS and GC-MS techniques; metabolomics; bioavailability; bioactivity; effect of processing on bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The processing and preservation of food and beverages have an important impact on their sensory and bioactive properties. In this sense, research with deeper knowledge of the mechanisms and the changes provided by those factors on the final quality of food products and beverages are encouraged. Hot topics are considered novel elaboration and preservation techniques and their impact on quality characteristics.

Moreover, all those factors influence consumer acceptance and, therefore, manuscripts related to food consumption, food choice and food perception are also welcome.

This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts on i) the characterization of phytochemicals in food products and beverages; ii) studies related to sensory characteristics of food and beverages; iii) elaboration processes, food perceptions and consumer behavior; iv) the impact of new study techniques on the quality of food products and beverages; and v) preservation techniques and impact on sensory and bioactive properties.

Prof. Dr. José Manuel Moreno-Rojas
Dr. Raquel Rodríguez Solana
Dr. José Luis Ordóñez
Dr. Gema Pereira Caro
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • food processing
  • sensory properties
  • antioxidants properties
  • polyphenols
  • analytical techniques
  • consumers behavior shelf life
  • packaging
  • food choices
  • sensory analysis
  • preservation treatments

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Effect of Drying Technique on the Volatile Content of Ecuadorian Bulk and Fine-Flavor Cocoa
Foods 2023, 12(5), 1065; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12051065 - 02 Mar 2023
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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is one of the most widely consumed edible seeds in the world affected by on-farm processing. This study investigated the effect of different drying techniques, namely oven drying (OD), sun drying (SD), and a modification of sun drying [...] Read more.
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is one of the most widely consumed edible seeds in the world affected by on-farm processing. This study investigated the effect of different drying techniques, namely oven drying (OD), sun drying (SD), and a modification of sun drying using black plastic sheeting (SBPD), on the volatile profile of fine-flavor and bulk cocoa varieties analyzed by HS-SPME-GC-MS. A total of sixty-four volatile compounds were identified in fresh and dried cocoa. As expected, the volatile profile was clearly modified after the drying step, showing strong differences among cocoa varieties, this factor and its interaction with the drying technique having greater influence according to the ANOVA simultaneous component analysis. A principal component analysis revealed a close relationship between the volatile content of bulk cocoa samples dried by the OD and SD techniques, whereas slight volatile modifications were perceived among fine-flavor samples dried using the three different techniques under study. Overall, the results provide the basis for the potential application of the simplest inexpensive SBPD technique in order to accelerate the drying process of sun drying and produce cocoa with similar (fine-flavor cocoa) or improved (bulk cocoa) aromatic quality to that formed using the traditional SD or the small-scale OD. Full article
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Planned Papers

The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.

  • food processing
  • sensory properties
  • antioxidants properties
  • polyphenols
  • analytical techniques
  • consumers behavior shelf life
  • packaging
  • food choices
  • sensory analysis
  • preservation treatments
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