Process Optimization and Quality Improvement of Fermented Foods and Beverages: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 674
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fermented foods; lactic acid bacteria (LAB); yeasts; food microbiology; food quality; PCR-based techniques; starter cultures; probiotic; antimicrobial activity
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Interests: lactic acid bacteria; yeasts; probiotic; fermented food; sourdough; dairy products
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microbial fermentations, which have mainly been used to preserve raw plant and/or animal matrices, are today increasingly used to improve the organoleptic features, shelf-life and health properties of fermented foods. Numerous microorganisms, through their metabolic activity, can improve the flavour and nutritional and health properties of fermented foods and beverages. Consequently, scientific and industrial interest is increasingly directed towards microbe-driven fermentations for the formulation of new fermented foods and beverages with safe, healthy and functional properties.
Despite the many favourable properties of fermentation and the microorganisms traditionally used in food fermentation, there are still process optimisation problems that need to be overcome. Optimising fermentation procedures is necessary in order to identify the best processing conditions that increase the yield of a production process and lead quality characteristics in the desired direction.
Therefore, we invite you to submit your recent research in this area to this Special Issue of Foods entitled “Process Optimization and Quality Improvement of Fermented Foods and Beverages: 2nd Edition”, which aims to cover recent studies addressing technological, microbiological, biochemical, nutritional and health aspects for the delivery of better, safer and more cost-effective fermented food products and beverages.
Dr. Tiziana Di Renzo
Dr. Anna Reale
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optimization
- processing technologies
- food quality
- fermentation
- fermented beverages
- fermented foods
- starter culture
- microorganism
- lactic acid bacteria
- yeast
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