Future Food: Exploring Sustainable, Healthy and Innovative Foods

Dear Colleagues,

With the increasing awareness of human health, the research and development of future foods has become a hot topic in the field of food science. This Special Issue aims to gather and explore the latest research findings and advancements in key areas such as functional staple foods and their evaluation methods, the utilization of food and medicine homology resources, clean label foods, dietary nutrients, dietary fiber, polysaccharides, inflammation, gut microbiota, immunity, and metabolic health. Future foods are not only expected to meet basic nutritional needs but also to possess multiple health-promoting functions. Functional staple foods, as an important part of future foods, can provide a wealth of dietary nutrients, such as dietary fiber and polysaccharides through scientific nutritional fortification and innovative processing technologies. These nutrients help improve gut microbiota, enhance immunity, prevent inflammation, and promote metabolic health. Moreover, the development and utilization of food and medicine homology resources provide a rich material basis for the innovation of functional staple foods. The rise of clean label foods reflects consumers' demand for natural and healthy food products.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to present a collection of studies focused on the current advances in the “Future Food: Exploring Sustainable, Healthy and Innovative Foods”. We would like to invite you to submit original review/research articles with novel ideas related to this topic.

Dr. Tao Wu
Dr. Hairong Long
Guest Editors

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