Special Issue "Application of Nonthermal Processing and Green Extraction in Functional Foods"

Dear Colleagues,

Today, increased environmental awareness has led to the rise in the demand for food and natural health products which are healthier and more sustainable. Consumers’ tendencies are more oriented toward natural and clean-label ingredients used in finished food products. In industry, food and functional ingredient producers are dealing with the challenges of using more environmentally friendly and green technologies to answer these demands by offering natural and clean-label food and functional ingredients. Despite high energy consumption in industry, the conventional processing methods are still in use. However, these methods are required to adapt sustainable preservation methods to prevent degradation and quality changes in more thermolabile nutritional compounds. Different nonthermal and sustainable technologies have been developed to obtain value-added key compounds with functional properties. The most common nonthermal technologies are ultrasound-assisted extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, high hydrostatic pressure processing, fermentation technology, enzyme-assisted extraction, and electrotechnologies. These innovative and sustainable technologies could be optimized and applied to obtain high-quality value-added ingredients with a broad range of possible applications. Therefore, this Special Issue collection is open to all contributions which provide knowledge about the application of nonthermal processing and green extraction technologies in producing functional ingredients for food and natural health products.

Dr. Nassim Naderi
Prof. Dr. Kar Lin Nyam
Guest Editors

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• nonthermal technologies
• sustainability
• food processing
• electrotechnologies
• high pressure
• membrane processes
• fermentation technology
• enzyme-assisted extraction
• functional food