Novel Eco-Friendly Processing Techniques for Sustainable Utilization of Food Waste
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 4873
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polyphenols; antioxidants; wine; oxidative status; biochemistry; chemometrics; food safety; analytical chemistry; agri-food waste; by-products; bioactive compounds; mycotoxins; bioremediation
Interests: food safety; food preservation; food packaging; food waste valorization; green extraction techniques of natural bioactive compounds as antimicrobials; antioxidants
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Interests: food safety; biotechnologies; food packaging; microbiology; shelf life; preservation techniques; biopolymers; innovative packaging; functional coatings; sustainability; biodegradation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing accumulation of food/agri-food waste is a pressing health concern worldwide, with detrimental implications on the environment. To overcome this situation, waste disposal management translates into a rational consumption of natural resources, along with repurposing the resulting waste materials.
Correspondingly, modern approaches are encouraged towards waste exploitation with the aim of providing inexpensive tools with functional properties. With regards to inducing minimal environmental impact, scientific endeavours are focused on effectively reusing the biodegradable organic matter, accounting for a broad range of bioactive compounds. Besides the recovery of bioactive constituents from food/agri-food waste and the associated co-products and by-products, addressing the conversion of waste materials into practical applications also represents a viable resolve.
To this end, new trends are progressively sought on green processes with relevant advantages over the conventional techniques for sustainable waste valorisation.
This Special Issue welcomes both original papers and reviews on novel interdisciplinary approaches for sustainable food/agri-food organic waste utilization, including characterization and bioconversion. Special emphasis is placed on eco-friendly processes, solutions and technologies with added-value functionality within the following subjects: analytical methodologies, circular economy, food safety, innovative packaging, industrial applications, bio-sorption, bioremediation, decontamination, food/feed supplementation, nutrient enrichment, and biocatalysis.
Dr. Laurentiu Mihai Palade
Prof. Dr. Mona Elena Popa
Dr. Paul Alexandru Popescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food waste
- eco-friendly
- green extraction processes
- waste valorisation
- by-products
- innovative applications
- circular economy
- bioactive compounds
- bioconversion
- functional products
- sustainability