Food Processing and Ingredient Analysis
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Process Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 176
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food science and technology; food proteins; alternative proteins; food processing; meat analogue; bioactive peptides
Interests: biochemistry of food proteins and enzymes; technology of meat; poultry and fish products; agricultural by-product utilization; food packaging and biomaterials
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Interests: muscle chemistry and processing; food microstructure–digestion relationship; in vitro digestion of foods; alternate proteins; plant proteins; kiwifruit and protein digestion; food matrix; natural food preservatives
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent investments and the launch of innovative products by prominent manufacturers have driven substantial global demand for modernized food items. Nonetheless, significant obstacles continue to limit business expansion and consumer affordability. To address these challenges, researchers are investigating alternate food sources and creating new functional components using advanced methodologies, including biotransformation, enzymatic processes, innovative processing techniques, and precise fermentation, suggesting their potential to enhance personalized health benefits, such as boosting immune function, reducing inflammation, mitigating cancer risk, and supporting gut health. The growing body of research reinforces the importance of food sustainability and security, highlighting their crucial role in addressing future global health and environmental challenges.
This Special Issue, titled “Food Processing and Ingredient Analysis”, invites high-quality submissions that emphasize new procedures and the development of functional ingredients, together with the analysis of their characteristics and bioactivities.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Innovative processes for functional ingredients and alternative foods.
- Functional ingredients analysis and bioactivity determination.
- Application of functional ingredients in food and related products.
We look forward to your submissions.
Dr. Suphat Phongthai
Dr. Saroat Rawdkuen
Dr. Lovedeep Kaur
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- novel food processing
- innovative processes
- functional ingredients and foods
- ingredient analysis and stability
- bioactive compounds
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