Food Science and Technology
A section of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Section Information
The Section on Food Science and Technology deals with the advancement of food quality; (bio)chemical characterization such as of nutritional composition, flavor compounds (volatiles and non-volatile compounds), bioactive compounds (antioxidants and other phytochemicals), and bioactivity; microbiological issues; and the design and evaluation of new formulated foods. It also includes some other aspects related to food technology, such as the effects of processing, stor-age, and preservation to maintain not only the quality but also the safety of foods. The main focus is on novel techniques for analytical purposes that could lead to increased food quality and safety and the development of new foods and in-gredients. Applied Sciences, in general, and this Section on Food Science and Technology, in particular, offer high-quality peer review followed by rapid publication. Download Section Flyer
Subject Area
Food science
Food microbiology
- Microorganisms required for food fermentation
- Use microorganisms to produce enzymes for food production
- Harmful microorganisms in food
Food components and nutrition
- Application of novel analytic methods and devices for the determination of protein, fat, carbohydrates, calories, inorganic salts, and major and minor components in food and other nutrients
- Extraction, analysis, and applications of bioactive compounds in food, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, carotenoids, etc.
- Functional food and its development
- Food composition and its impact on health
- Food analytical methods, including electrochemistry, chromatography, spectroscopy, and others
Food technology and processing
Thermal/non-thermal processing
Plasma technology
Pulsed electric field and high voltage technology
Ultrasonic technology
Food biotechnology
- Fermentation
- Enzyme engineering
- Protein engineering
- Genetic engineering
- 3D printing of food
Automation in the food production process
Food storage and preservation
Food refrigeration
Food packaging
Food storage
- Canning, freezing, drying, etc.
- Studies on the storage conditions of special foods
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Extraction, Analysis and Applications of Bioactive Compounds in Food (Deadline: 10 February 2025)
- Functional Fermented Food Products II (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Innovative Technology in Food Analysis and Processing (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Functional Foods: Bioactivity and Potential Health Effects (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Antioxidant, Antibacterial and Anti-drug Ingredients in Plants (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- New Advances in Cereal Breeding and in Cereal Processing Technologies (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- The Future Is Blue: Exploring Safety, Sustainability, and Innovation in the Seafood and Aquaculture Industry (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Spectroscopy Applications in Plant and Plant-Based Foods (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- New Technologies for Marine Foods and Products (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- New Insights into Food Ingredients for Human Health Promotion (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Recent Processing Technologies for Improving Meat Quality (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Food Powders: Advanced Techniques, Properties and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Food Fermentation: New Advances and Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Recent Applications of Plant Extracts in the Food Industry (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Antioxidant Compounds in Food Processing (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Physical Chemistry, Formulation and Processing, Intersection of Food Sciences, Engineering and Global Health (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Enrichment of Foods with Phytonutrients (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- State of the Art in Food Science: Food Processing and Preservation (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Advances in the Processing of Milk and Milk Products (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Applications of Analytical Chemistry in Food Science (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- New Trends and Advances in the Production of Functional Foods (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Technology for Beverage Production: Enhancing Processes and Improving Product Quality (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Future Industry of Polysaccharides, Protein and Pectin in Food Processing (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Novel Research on Safety Detection and Quality Control of Food (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Chemistry, Nutrition and Post-harvest Technology (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Food Contamination: Sources, Detection, and Monitoring (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Innovative Technologies for Food Preservation and Processing (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advanced Grape Production and Processing Technologies (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Wine Technology and Sensory Analysis (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Proteins and Peptides from Foods in 2024 (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Innovative Technologies in Food Detection—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Recovery, Valorization and Application of Biologically Active Substances and Compounds from Food Industry By-Products (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Extraction of Functional Ingredients and Their Application (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advancements in Food Nutrition and Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advances in Dairy Technology and Engineering (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Utilization of Marine By-Products (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Processing, Preservation, and Quality Evaluation for Meat and Meat Products (Deadline: 25 March 2025)
- Application and Extraction of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidants in Food and Plants (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Nutrients and Functional Substances in Plant-Based Foods (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Functional Foods and Natural Products: Bioactive Compounds and Beneficial Effects on Health—3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Chemical and Functional Properties of Food and Natural Products: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Current Advances in the Food Safety and Quality Control (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Advances in Meat Quality and Processing (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Recent Advances in Quality, Safety and Sensory Analysis of Vegetable Food Products (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Advanced Technologies for Food Packaging and Preservation (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- New Advances in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- New Insights into Food Bioactive Compounds: Safety, Quality and Nutritional Determinants (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Advances in Dairy Products: Composition, Properties, Detection, Application, and Development (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Recent Developments and Innovative Technologies in Meat Science and Technology (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Advances in Food Metabolomics (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Novel Analyses of Hazards and Risks in Food Safety (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Food Security, Nutrition, and Public Health (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Food Contamination: Applications of Analytical Detection Methods (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Functional Bakery Products: Technological, Chemical and Nutritional Modification: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Functional Food Processing (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- The Recent Development of Functional Foods and Natural Products—Impacts on Human Health (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Recent Developments in Bioactive Compounds Analysis for Food Quality Improvement (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Current Trends in Food Microbiology: Food Fermentation, Safety, and Production (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advances in Milk and Dairy Technology (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Functional Foods and Their Impact on Human Health: From Mechanisms to Applications (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Flavor Chemistry and Technology (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Harnessing Microalgae and Seaweed for the Food Sector (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Chromatographic Methods for Functional Foods and Their Application to Food Quality, Safety, and Characterization (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Fifth Anniversary of 'Food Science and Technology' Section—Recent Advances in Food (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Food Microbiology Safety and Quality Control (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Novel Thermal and Non-thermal Technologies towards Sustainability and Microbiological Food Safety and Quality (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulations and Their Applications in the Food Industry (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Biochemistry and Nutrition of Food Components (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Effects of Processing on Food Composition, Nutritional Value and Sensory Quality: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Edible Functionalized Protein Films and Coatings: Engineering Tomorrow's Sustainable Food Packaging Solutions (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Food Safety in Novel Foods and Ingredients (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Investigation of the Flavour Profiles of Plant-Based Foods (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Phytochemical Compounds and Antioxidant Activity (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Bioactive Compounds for Functional Foods and Sustainability (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Innovative Engineering Technologies for the Agri-Food Sector (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Chemistry, Quality, and Processing Technology of Different Cereals, Pseudocereals, Legumes and Oilseeds Grain Types (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Unconventional Raw Materials for Food Products, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Fermented Food and Health Benefits (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Holistic Approaches in Sensory Research on Food and Non-food Products Using New Techniques and Digital Tools (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Current Progress in Fermentation Technology and Microbial Biotechnology: A Comprehensive Overview of Recent Developments and Innovations (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Organic Aquaculture Productivity and Food Security (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Phytochemicals in Food By-Products: From Bioactive Compounds to Sustainable Utilization (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Functional Foods for Human Health—Product Development and Analysis (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Recent Advances in the Improvement of Food Quality and Safety (Deadline: 10 July 2025)
- Novel Food Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Innovations in Microbiome Research for Functional and Sustainable Food Systems (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Applications of Spectral Analysis in Alcoholic Beverages (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Sustainable Innovations in Food Production, Packaging and Storage (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Quality and Safety of Fresh and Processed Meat: The Impact of Factors from Farm to Fork (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Novel Anthropometric Techniques for Health and Nutrition Assessment (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Innovation in Dairy Products (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Innovative Food Processing and Technologies for Food Quality and Safety (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advanced Food Processing Technologies and Food Quality: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advances in Food Processing Technologies: Enhancing Quality, Safety, and Sustainability (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advances in Food Processing Technology: Enhancing Quality, Safety, and Sustainability (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Chemical and Physical Properties in Food Processing: Second Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Food Chemistry, Analysis and Innovative Production Technologies (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- New Insights into Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- The Research Progress of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Processing and Application of Functional Food Ingredients (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Food Storage, Spoilage and Shelf Life: Latest Advances and Prospects 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Food Analysis and Processing (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Microbiology in Meat Production and Meat Processing (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Automation and Controls of Agri-Food Systems (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advanced Food Processing Technologies and Approaches (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Cereal-Based Food Processing and Nutritional Quality: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Potential Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables—4th Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Innovations in Strategies for the Detection, Control and Elimination of Food Allergens (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- New Advances in Antioxidant of Bee Products (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Food Polysaccharides: Chemistry, Technology and Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Emerging Trends in Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical Research for Health Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Intelligent Techniques in Food Production Systems (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Characterization of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidants in Natural Products, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Bioactive Compounds in Foods and Their Role in Disease Prevention (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Analysis, Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Natural Products (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Emerging Technologies in Food Processing: Innovations, Challenges, and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Feature Review Papers in Section ‘Food Science and Technology' (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Quality Assessment of Dairy Products (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- New Trends in the Structure Characterization of Food (Deadline: 10 December 2025)
- The Development of Novel Functional Foods: Trends, Prospectives, and Possible Bioactivity (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Wine Chemistry (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Emerging Analytical Techniques in Food Industry and Agricultural Products (Deadline: 20 January 2026)