Developing Smart Encapsulation Technologies for the Delivery of Food Functional Ingredients
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 592
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food bioprocessing; encapsulation for nutrient delivery; food waste valorization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is a great pleasure to introduce this Special Issue of Foods, entitled “Developing Smart Encapsulation Technologies for the Delivery of Food Functional Ingredients.”
In accordance with the needs of modern society, the consumption of functional foods has become an integral part of consumers' lifestyles. The incorporation of specific functional ingredients into food products is a particularly challenging and interesting part of the research and development of new functional products. The encapsulation of bioactive ingredients has been proven to be a promising approach to overcoming the difficulties associated with the susceptibility of these compounds to degradation during processing or storage and enhancing their bioavailability and target-related function.
This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of up-to-date encapsulation and delivery systems with direct applicability to food products. In particular, we seek original research articles and reviews on novel approaches for the encapsulation and delivery of core materials, novel encapsulation materials, the physicochemical characterization of the encapsulation systems, the inclusion of encapsulates in real-food applications and novel uses of encapsulates. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
Preparation techniques;
Encapsulation materials;
Storage behavior;
Applications of encapsulates.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Taiwo Akanbi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- encapsulation materials
- encapsulation technologies
- delivery systems
- functional food
- functional ingredients
