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State-of-the-Art of Food Science and Technology in Italy

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 3255

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Raffaella Boggia

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Department of Pharmacy, University of Genoa, Viale Cembrano 4, 16148 Genoa, Italy
Interests: food chemistry; green extraction; functional foods; dietary supplements and products; food traceability; spectroscopic untargeted fingerprint
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Dr. Federica Turrini

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Department of Pharmacy, University of Genoa, Viale Cembrano 4, 16148 Genoa, Italy
Interests: food chemistry; green extraction; ultrasound; food side-stream management; circular economy; dietary food supplements; functional foods
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current, state-of-the-art food science and technology in Italy. We would like to invite authors to submit original research articles or review articles on the latest research advances in the field of food science and technology.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • The physicochemical and functional modification of food components; Extraction of natural substances and development of functional food (e.g., active peptides, active polysaccharides, fatty acids, dietary fiber, flavonoids, probiotics, fermented foods);
  • Food brewing technology and brewing microorganisms;
  • Flavor generation and regulation mechanism of fermented food;
  • Food preservation and nutrient retention technology (e.g., emulsions, antimicrobial films);
  • Efficient value-added utilization of food by-product resources;
  • Rapid detection methods for foodborne contaminants (e.g., pathogenic bacteria, biotoxins, process contaminants);
  • Safety evaluation of food additives or food-contact materials, etc.

Dr. Raffaella Boggia
Dr. Federica Turrini
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • food science
  • food technology
  • food chemistry
  • food microbiology
  • food packaging
  • food safety
  • functional foods
  • food analysis

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Castanea spp. Nut Traceability: A Multivariate Strategy Based on Phytochemical Data
by Elisabetta Prezzi, Dario Donno, Maria Gabriella Mellano, Gabriele Loris Beccaro and Giovanni Gamba
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(22), 12524; https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212524 - 20 Nov 2023
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The phytochemical characterization of Castanea spp. fruits is very important for the development of effective strategies for the biodiversity conservation and traceability of chestnuts, as the chestnut is one of the most important Italian and European nut and forest species. In this study, [...] Read more.
The phytochemical characterization of Castanea spp. fruits is very important for the development of effective strategies for the biodiversity conservation and traceability of chestnuts, as the chestnut is one of the most important Italian and European nut and forest species. In this study, several cultivars of C. sativa (sweet chestnuts and “marrone-type”), C. crenata, and hybrids of C. sativa × C. crenata were characterized by spectrophotometric (Folin–Ciocalteu assay for the total polyphenolic content and ferric reducing antioxidant power test for the antioxidant capacity) and chromatographic (high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to a diode array UV-Vis detector) protocols to define their phytochemical composition and nutraceutical properties. The phytochemical results were then used to build a multivariate statistical model (by principal component analysis) and obtain an effective and rapid tool to discriminate unknown cultivars (i.e., no information about their origin) belonging to different species. The multivariate approach showed that the genotype was a significantly discriminating variable (p < 0.05) for the phytochemical composition. Polyphenols (in particular, phenolic acids and tannins) have been identified as the main bioactive classes with the highest discriminating power among the different genotypes. The total polyphenol content (TPC) and antioxidant capacity (AOC) showed a rich presence of bioactive compounds (74.09 ± 15.10 mgGAE 100 g−1 DW and 11.05 ± 1.35 mmol Fe2+ kg−1 DW, respectively), underlining the potential health benefits and functional traits of chestnuts. The principal component analysis applied to phytochemical variables has proved to be an excellent and effective tool for genotype differentiation to be used as a preliminary method for identifying the species of Castanea spp. fruits with an unknown origin. The present study showed that a multivariate approach, based on phytochemical data and preliminary to genetic analysis, may represent a rapid, effective, and low-cost tool for the traceability and quality evaluation of chestnuts from different species and hybrids with no information on their origin. Full article
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EEM Fluorescence Spectroscopy Coupled with HPLC-DAD Analysis for the Characterization of Bud Derivative Dietary Supplements: A Preliminary Introduction to GEMMAPP, the Free Data-Repository from the FINNOVER Project
by Federica Turrini, Dario Donno, Federica Grasso, Eleonora Mustorgi, Gabriele Loris Beccaro, Maddalena Guido, Teresa Fior, Massimo Grilli, Anna Pittaluga and Raffaella Boggia
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(15), 8679; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13158679 - 27 Jul 2023
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Bud derivatives (BDs) represent a category of botanicals obtained by macerating the meristematic tissues (buds or young sprouts) of plants; widely used since ancient times in complementary medicine, they remain poorly investigated to date. In this study, a contribution is made toward the [...] Read more.
Bud derivatives (BDs) represent a category of botanicals obtained by macerating the meristematic tissues (buds or young sprouts) of plants; widely used since ancient times in complementary medicine, they remain poorly investigated to date. In this study, a contribution is made toward the identification of the correct “a posteriori” attribution of the botanical species in commercial BDs, which is very important for ensuring the quality and safety of these natural products. Excitation–emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy proved to be a rapid, non-destructive and low-cost analytical instrument for providing a preliminary qualitative characterization of the BDs, allowing for the identification of specific spectral regions related to flavonol compounds and cinnamic and benzoic acids, in agreement with the targeted chromatographic analysis (HPLC-DAD), which completely defined a phytochemical profile for each BD considered. This information will be implemented in the first web application for the recognition of vegetable buds, named GEMMAPP, which was designed by the Authors and is proposed as a tool and future scientific data repository for providing information about the main, typical BDs of the France–Italy Alcotra territory. Full article
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A Dynamic In Vitro Model for Testing Intestinal Absorption of Different Vegetable Food Secondary Metabolites
by Raffaella Colombo, Mayra Paolillo and Adele Papetti
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(8), 5033; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13085033 - 17 Apr 2023
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Cell-based bioreactors are important tools for evaluating molecule absorption in dynamic conditions, simulating simil-physiological flow, transport, and biological barriers. They allow for absorption and metabolization studies to be performed, obtaining very predictive data of in vivo conditions. In this paper, a new dynamic [...] Read more.
Cell-based bioreactors are important tools for evaluating molecule absorption in dynamic conditions, simulating simil-physiological flow, transport, and biological barriers. They allow for absorption and metabolization studies to be performed, obtaining very predictive data of in vivo conditions. In this paper, a new dynamic model is proposed to evaluate the intestinal absorption and toxicity of different vegetable food secondary metabolites, by using a LiveFlow® bioreactor. Different food secondary metabolites, such as caffeic, quinic, and rosmarinic acids, quercetin, and rutin, belonging to the polyphenols class, were selected. The aim was to study their different intestinal absorptions in order to validate this new system as an alternative strategy or a more advanced method compared to conventional culture systems for absorption screening and testing. The molecule absorption and the potential generation of metabolites were evaluated by RP-HPLC-DAD. This new dynamic platform represents a promising in vitro methodology which can provide more information than the traditional static in vitro approaches, and an efficient alternative to animal models, at least in preliminary experiments. Full article
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