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Food Safety and Nutrition: Focusing on the Last Contributions about Natural Food Additives, Ingredients and Flavourings

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 12380

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Dr. António Raposo

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CBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: food safety; food security; food innovation; natural food products; nutrition; public health
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Dr. Conrado Javier Carrascosa Iruzubieta

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Department of Animal Pathology and Production, Bromatology and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Interests: pseudomonas fluorescens in cheese; cleaning and disinfection in the food industry; biofilm; cheese making
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Dr. Dele Raheem

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Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Interests: food science; food microbiology; sustainability; Arctic; food packaging
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Prof. Dr. Fernando Ramos

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1. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
2. REQUIMTE/LAQV, R. D. Manuel II, Apartado 55142, Oporto, Portugal
Interests: food analysis; food security; food safety; development and validation of analytical methods; bioactive compounds; foods of marine origin; aquaculture; one health
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Dr. Ariana Saraiva

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Department of Animal Pathology and Production, Bromatology and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Trasmontaña s/n, 35413 Arucas, Spain
Interests: food safety; nutrition; food security; food sustainability; food science and technology; food innovation; bromatology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, we are organizing a Special Issue on food safety and nutrition, focusing on the latest contributions on natural food additives, ingredients, and flavorings. The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes manuscripts in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. 

As the relationship between health and food additives comes under increasing scrutiny, there is a growing desire for foods that use natural ingredients and additives rather than synthetic ones. The focus of this Special Issue is on legislative issues concerning natural food additives and ingredients, as well as the variety of natural food additives and ingredients available and their applications in multiple product sectors. Taking into account these premises, this Special Issue aims to present original research articles, reviews, and short communications concerning the following:

  • Natural food and beverage colorings;
  • Natural low-calorie sweeteners;
  • Natural food and beverage flavor enhancers;
  • Natural antioxidants as food and beverage ingredients;
  • Natural antimicrobials as additives and ingredients for the preservation of foods and beverages;
  • Native, modified, and clean label starches in foods and beverages;
  • The application of natural hydrocolloids to foods and beverages;
  • Proteins as clean label ingredients in foods and beverages;
  • Natural aroma chemicals for use in foods and beverages;
  • Natural flavorings from biotechnology for foods and beverages;
  • Natural flavorings from green chemistry for foods and beverages;
  • Applications of natural ingredients in savory food products;
  • Applications of natural ingredients in baked goods;
  • Applications of natural plant extracts in soft drinks;
  • Applications of natural ingredients in alcoholic drinks;
  • Dairy products and milk-based food ingredients.

Dr. António Raposo
Dr. Conrado Javier Carrascosa Iruzubieta
Dr. Dele Raheem
Dr. Fernando Ramos
Dr. Ariana Saraiva
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • environmental health
  • flavorings
  • food additives
  • food industry
  • food safety
  • food security
  • ingredients
  • natural food products and beverages
  • nutrition
  • sustainability

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Apple Leave Disease Detection Using Collaborative ML/DL and Artificial Intelligence Methods: Scientometric Analysis
by Anupam Bonkra, Pramod Kumar Bhatt, Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka, Kamalakanta Muduli, Ladislav Pilař, Amandeep Kaur, Nidhi Chahal and Arun Kumar Rana
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3222; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043222 - 12 Feb 2023
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Infection in apple leaves is typically brought on by unanticipated weather conditions such as rain, hailstorms, draughts, and fog. As a direct consequence of this, the farmers suffer a significant loss of productivity. It is essential to be able to identify apple leaf [...] Read more.
Infection in apple leaves is typically brought on by unanticipated weather conditions such as rain, hailstorms, draughts, and fog. As a direct consequence of this, the farmers suffer a significant loss of productivity. It is essential to be able to identify apple leaf diseases in advance in order to prevent the occurrence of this disease and minimise losses to productivity caused by it. The research offers a bibliometric analysis of the effectiveness of artificial intelligence in diagnosing diseases affecting apple leaves. The study provides a bibliometric evaluation of apple leaf disease detection using artificial intelligence. Through an analysis of broad current developments, publication and citation structures, ownership and cooperation patterns, bibliographic coupling, productivity patterns, and other characteristics, this scientometric study seeks to discover apple diseases. Nevertheless, numerous exploratory, conceptual, and empirical studies have concentrated on the identification of apple illnesses. However, given that disease detection is not confined to a single field of study, there have been very few attempts to create an extensive science map of transdisciplinary studies. In bibliometric assessments, it is important to take into account the growing amount of research on this subject. The study synthesises knowledge structures to determine the trend in the research topic. A scientometric analysis was performed on a sample of 214 documents in the subject of identifying apple leaf disease using a scientific search technique on the Scopus database for the years 2011–2022. In order to conduct the study, the Bibliometrix suite’s VOSviewer and the web-based Biblioshiny software were also utilised. Important journals, authors, nations, articles, and subjects were chosen using the automated workflow of the software. Furthermore, citation and co-citation checks were performed along with social network analysis. In addition to the intellectual and social organisation of the meadow, this investigation reveals the conceptual structure of the area. It contributes to the body of literature by giving academics and practitioners a strong conceptual framework on which to base their search for solutions and by making perceptive recommendations for potential future research areas. Full article
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Curative Potential of Substances with Bioactive Properties to Alleviate Cd Toxicity: A Review
by Miroslava Požgajová, Alica Navrátilová and Marek Kovár
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12380; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912380 - 28 Sep 2022
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Rapid urbanization and industrialization have led to alarming cadmium (Cd) pollution. Cd is a toxic heavy metal without any known physiological function in the organism, leading to severe health threat to the population. Cd has a long half-life (10–30 years) and thus it [...] Read more.
Rapid urbanization and industrialization have led to alarming cadmium (Cd) pollution. Cd is a toxic heavy metal without any known physiological function in the organism, leading to severe health threat to the population. Cd has a long half-life (10–30 years) and thus it represents serious concern as it to a great extent accumulates in organs or organelles where it often causes irreversible damage. Moreover, Cd contamination might further lead to certain carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks. Therefore, its negative effect on population health has to be minimalized. As Cd is able to enter the body through the air, water, soil, and food chain one possible way to defend and eliminate Cd toxicities is via dietary supplements that aim to eliminate the adverse effects of Cd to the organism. Naturally occurring bioactive compounds in food or medicinal plants with beneficial, mostly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, or anti-tumorigenesis impact on the organism, have been described to mitigate the negative effect of various contaminants and pollutants, including Cd. This study summarizes the curative effect of recently studied bioactive substances and mineral elements capable to alleviate the negative impact of Cd on various model systems, supposing that not only the Cd-derived health threat can be reduced, but also prevention and control of Cd toxicity and elimination of Cd contamination can be achieved in the future. Full article
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Agave Syrup: Chemical Analysis and Nutritional Profile, Applications in the Food Industry and Health Impacts
by Ariana Saraiva, Conrado Carrascosa, Fernando Ramos, Dele Raheem and António Raposo
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(12), 7022; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127022 - 08 Jun 2022
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Agave syrup (AS), a food product made from agave plant sap, is a vegan sweetener that has become popular for replacing conventional sweeteners such as sucrose. As the demand for naturally derived sweeteners has grown in the last decade, this review paper addresses [...] Read more.
Agave syrup (AS), a food product made from agave plant sap, is a vegan sweetener that has become popular for replacing conventional sweeteners such as sucrose. As the demand for naturally derived sweeteners has grown in the last decade, this review paper addresses and discusses, in detail, the most relevant aspects of the chemical AS analysis, applications in the food industry, sustainability issues, safety and quality control and, finally, nutritional profile and health impacts. According to our main research outcome, we can assume that the mid-infrared-principal components analysis, high-performance anion exchange chromatography equipped with a pulsed amperometric detector, and thin-layer chromatography can be used to identify and distinguish syrups from natural sources. The main agave–derived products are juice, leaves, bagasse, and fiber. In sustainability terms, it can be stated that certified organic and free trade agave products are the most sustainable options available on the market because they guarantee products being created without pesticides and according to specific labor standards. The Mexican government and AS producers have also established Mexican guidelines which prohibit using any ingredient, sugar or food additive that derives from sources, apart from agave plants, to produce any commercial AS. Due to its nutritional value, AS is a good source of minerals, vitamins and polyphenols compared to other traditional sweeteners. However, further research into the effects of AS on human metabolism is necessary to back its health claims as a natural sugar substitute. Full article
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