Bioactive Compounds, Nutritional Quality and Oxidative Stability of Edible Oils and By-Products of Their Extraction—Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

Edible oils are one of the most important components of the daily human diet. Oils have a great influence on the proper functioning of the body. However, their nutritional quality varies greatly. The quality of edible oils (cold-pressed oils, virgin oils and refined oils) is influenced not only by the raw material from which the oil was obtained (the composition of fatty acids, the content of bioactive ingredients), but also the process of extracting and purifying the oil and the conditions of its storage.

Unfortunately, the undesirable hydrolytic and oxidative degradation processes of fats can be initiated during their production. Therefore, monitoring changes in the quality of oils during the technological process and limiting unfavourable changes is very important.

The technological process parameters also affect the quality of by-products, including press cake obtained during pressing and extraction meal. Currently, we pay more and more attention to zero waste technology and the management of by-products from the processing of oil raw materials. There is a lot of research on creating new, innovative food products that use the by-products of vegetable oil pressing.

In this Special Issue, we invite researchers to contribute original research and review articles that analyze and describe nutritional quality and bioactive compounds in edible oils, the mechanisms of their degradation, stability, including oxidative stability, during food production and storage. The use of by-products of cold-pressing and solvent extraction of vegetable oils is also of particular interest.

Please prepare submissions in compliance with the Instructions for Authors. For more details about the submission process, please see: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/instructions.

You could also contact the Managing Editor of Foods Alexandra Madalina Mateescu (mateescu@mdpi.com) if you are interested in this project.

Dr. Katarzyna Ratusz
Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Wroniak
Dr. Iwona Scibisz
Guest Editors

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• edible oils
• cold-pressed oils
• by-products of oil pressing in food production
• bioactive compounds
• nutritional quality
• oxidative stability