Physicochemical, Sensory and Nutritional Properties of Foods Affected by Processing and Storage: 3rd Edition
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Quality and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 243
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food processing; food quality; food storage; nutritional properties; sensory attributes
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Interests: food quality; functional foods; fermented foods; meat products; meat product innovation; dairy products; cheese ripening
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Processing and storage for increasing the safety and shelf life of foods involve different practices and actions which affect the physicochemical, nutritional and sensory properties of the final products. Processing can produce effects that change or convert foods into safer, more edible, enjoyable and/or palatable products, and can increase the digestibility and/or bioavailability of some nutrients and bioactive compounds and, in some cases, their concentrations. However, processing and storage can also have negative effects, such as the loss of nutrients and formation of toxic compounds and/or substances, with negative effects on sensory properties. Therefore, the processing and storage of foods need to be optimized in order to promote positive effects and prevent undesired consequences.
Supported by these facts, the industry needs to innovate and develop products through a better understanding of the changes that take place during different types of processing and storage, and their relation to sensory attributes.
For these reasons, further studies and research are essential instruments to improve and continue to profit from the different systems of food processing and storage. This Special Issue aims to gather the latest advances and be a useful tool for researchers and professionals in this scientific area.
Prof. Dr. Sidonia Martinez
Prof. Dr. Javier Carballo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food processing
- food quality
- food storage
- nutritional properties
- sensory attributes
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