The Study and Development of Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal Food Products
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 5834
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food analysis; chemometrics; honey; milk; wine; food data science
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Dear Colleagues,
Over the past few decades, and at an increasing rate in recent years, there has been a notable rise in the popularity and consumption of plant-based alternatives of traditionally mammalian-derived foods and beverages. This rise in consumption and demand for these products is due to a range of factors, including consumer concerns regarding the ethical, environmental, nutritional and health aspects of mammalian-derived products and the comparative benefits of plant-derived alternatives. As such, advancement of the knowledge of existing and new plant-based alternative food and beverage products is a research area that is of great interest and growing development.
This Special Issue is focused on presenting current research concerning the study and development of plant-based products, as alternatives to mammalian-derived foods and beverages. This is a broad area that ranges from topics such as the physicochemical or sensory analysis of existing commercially available products, to the analysis and/or development of new products, to investigations into the nutritional- or sustainability-related aspects of plant-based alternatives. I would like to invite you to submit high-quality original research, review articles, and opinions that are within the scope of this Special Issue, and that are related to, but not limited to, the aforementioned topics.
Dr. Lisa Pilkington
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant-based
- meat alternatives
- animal product alternatives
- sustainable proteins
- alternative proteins
- analysis
- vegetarian
- product development
- chemometric analysis