The Advances in Food Processing and Functional Food

Dear Colleagues,

With changes in the global environmental scenario, the importance of food science in the search for technological alternatives that optimize food production on a global scale is highlighted. Emerging technologies that change food processing in order to improve the use of inputs, water consumption, and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, as well as leading to improvements in nutrient profiles, antioxidants, phenolic compounds, redox responses, sensory acceptance, and shelf life are more necessary than ever.

This Special Issue, "The Advances in Food Processing and Functional Food", seeks to curate new studies that use food science to model food processing in its entire context, with the aim of presenting new processing alternatives, new products, or even analyses and improvements of existing processes.

The topics covered in this Special Issue include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

1. Development of new products, including plant-based alternatives.
2. Critical analyses of existing food production processes.
3. Food labeling and classification.
4. Claims of functional properties and the development of food supplements.
5. Incorporation of probiotics into foods and beverages.
6. Analysis of shelf life and microbiological safety of products.
7. Sensory analysis of foods.
8. Antioxidant response and bioavailability of nutrients in foods.
9. Sustainability of new or existing food products.

Prof. Dr. Bernardo Romão
Prof. Dr. Verônica Cortez Ginani
Dr. António Raposo
Guest Editors

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