Protein Supply and Demand: Food for the Future
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 8295
Special Issue Editors
Interests: protein; edible 3D hydrogel; imitational food; food processing and quality control of animal origin
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, protein-based foods are well received more attention due to their functionality and the nutritional necessity for human health, while some real factors, such as rapid growth of the world population, decreased farmland, and global climate common protein sources in the food industry mainly include wheat, animal-based muscle, dairy protein, and soy proteins, but there is still a need for the discovery of alternative sources of protein, and advanced technologies for efficient processing of protein. Therefore, the Special Issue aims to obtain more insights into the recent development in the supply and demand of protein with some advanced processing and manufacturing technology, such as 3D printing, cultured meat, synthetic proteins, microbial fermented protein, or new sources of protein (such as insects, seaweeds, etc.). The following topics of this Special Issue are:
- Application of advanced technology, such as cell culture technology and synthetic biology technology, to obtain alternative protein sources.
- Finding new sources of protein, and evaluating their nutritional and sensory properties, and potential risk.
- Application of advanced processing technology, such as ultrasound, high hydrostatic pressure, high-pressure homogenization, etc, to produce high-quality protein-based food, to modify protein for improving protein properties.
Prof. Dr. Xianchao Feng
Dr. Huan Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- future protein-based food
- new sources of dietary protein
- novel technology for protein manufacturing
- advanced processing technology for protein modification
- plant-derived protein
- animal-derived protein
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