Nassim Naderi

Biena · Probiotics & Natural Health products

Our global food system is currently challenged by climate change, a growing population, the ongoing loss of biodiversity, and declining resources. Current food and agricultural production and technologies will not be considered sustainable in the long term. Food security collectively involves the sustainable production of high-quality food and the valorisation of by-products. Over the last decade, applications of innovative green technologies have been researched in order to find solutions that can potentially enhance sustainability in our food system. The main challenge is to define the right application that will efficiently fulfil the objective of being environmentally sustainable and produce quality food products. Today, manufacturers are ever more focused on sustainability objectives, reducing waste and embracing environmental initiatives as these become ever more fundamental factors for growth and global competitiveness strategy. In this Special Issue, we would like to see more contributions on what sustainable food systems have the potential to be, and how the application of green technologies could support, influence, and change food practices. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2023 | Viewed by 274 Dr. Nassim Naderi Dr. Luis Felipe Gutierrez Alvarez 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. Foods is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 2200 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 green technology cleaner production sustainable development food security food system Published Papers This special issue is now open for submission.https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/special_issues/EJ5MYB143A

Today, increased environmental awareness has led to the rise in the demand for food and natural health products which are healthier and more sustainable. Consumers’ tendencies are more oriented toward natural and clean-label ingredients used in finished food products. In industry, food and functional ingredient producers are dealing with the challenges of using more environmentally friendly and green technologies to answer these demands by offering natural and clean-label food and functional ingredients. Despite high energy consumption in industry, the conventional processing methods are still in use. However, these methods are required to adapt sustainable preservation methods to prevent degradation and quality changes in more thermolabile nutritional compounds. Different nonthermal and sustainable technologies have been developed to obtain value-added key compounds with functional properties. The most common nonthermal technologies are ultrasound-assisted extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, high hydrostatic pressure processing, fermentation technology, enzyme-assisted extraction, and electrotechnologies. These innovative and sustainable technologies could be optimized and applied to obtain high-quality value-added ingredients with a broad range of possible applications. Therefore, this Special Issue collection is open to all contributions which provide knowledge about the application of nonthermal processing and green extraction technologies in producing functional ingredients for food and natural health products. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2023 | Viewed by 102 Dr. Nassim Naderi Prof. Dr. Kar Lin Nyam 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. Foods is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 2200 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 nonthermal technologies sustainability food processing electrotechnologies high pressure membrane processes fermentation technology enzyme-assisted extraction functional food Published Papers This special issue is now open for submission. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/special_issues/W7P9WW0B04