Applications of Food-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Precision Nutrition
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 164
Special Issue Editors
2. College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Interests: single-cell encapsulation of probiotics; targeted functional food creation; food ingredient stabilization and nutritional delivery systems; natural polymer materials; food packaging
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Interests: novel approaches for food engineering; hydrocolloids; emulsions; protein processing; sonoprocessing; food packaging
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Interests: food chemistry; food colloid interfacial science; biomacromolecule science
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food-derived extracellular vesicles (food-derived EVs), as edible, naturally occurring nanocarriers, can encapsulate and deliver lipids, proteins/peptides, nucleic acids, and a broad range of food bioactives, offering a new modality for precision nutrition interventions tailored to population strata, phenotypic profiles, and gut microbial ecology. This Special Issue focuses on key scientific and translational questions at the intersection of food-derived EVs and precision nutrition, including: isolation, purification, and characterization of EVs from diverse sources (e.g., dairy, plants, and fermented microorganisms); cargo loading, stabilization strategies, and compatibility with food matrices; structural integrity during gastrointestinal digestion, trans-mucosal transport, and tissue/cell targeting mechanisms; as well as functional validation and inter-individual variability linked to the gut microbiota-immune-metabolic axis. We welcome original research articles and reviews, with particular interest in the following: (1) standardized workflows for EV isolation/purification and physicochemical/biological characterization; (2) stability under processing and storage conditions; and (3) mechanistically driven studies in precision nutrition that integrate EV compositional features with population stratification metrics, and evaluate engineered targeting delivery strategies for stability in gastrointestinal environments, trans-mucosal transport, and tissue/cell selectivity.
Dr. Runan Zhao
Prof. Dr. Wenjun Wang
Dr. Mengjie Geng
Guest Editors
Dr. Yini Liu
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- extracellular vesicles
- transport
- targeted delivery
- gastrointestinal tract
- precision nutrition
- microbiome
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