About this Research Topic
Functional foods have actions in the organism of prevention, regeneration, and regulation, contributing to reducing certain pathologies and increasing quality of life. These foods, which contain biologically active components that promote the proper functioning of the organism, can be natural or modified. While a balanced diet should be able to maintain and/or improve the metabolism, social, economic, and cultural factors can sometimes impede on this way of acquiring functional foods. As such, it becomes important to design modified foods that can adapt to the socio-cultural and economic circumstances, and fit into the circular economy.
It is therefore essential to consider how to implement functional food design at a pilot plant level, critically, without losing the functional properties of the food. We must also consider the emerging nano and micro technologies for extraction and manufacturing of functional components, and for analytical analysis to which they must be subjected to at each stage of the process and the adaptation of the technology. Therefore, one of the challenges in the preparation of functional foods is the conservation of the active properties of the biocomponents that favor human health (phytonutrients, vitamins, microbiome, among others) from the production process to their intake and release in the organism.
Hence, it is intended that articles submitted to this Research Topic will have an impact on the feasibility of bringing a functional food design from the laboratory to pilot plant for its effective processing to the industry. Topics of interest to this collection may include:
• Projection in the natural and modified functional food industry
• Development of processes for the implementation of the proposed nanotechnology in the laboratory
• Proposal of analytical techniques directed towards functional foods in the process
• Studies of the feasibility of the technology at the pilot plant and industrial level for the production of functional foods
• Normativity and market evaluation of functional foods within the health area
• Studies of the psychosocial, circular economic, ethnic, and cultural impact and other factors that impact the introduction of functional foods
Types of manuscripts: Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective Articles
It is therefore essential to consider how to implement functional food design at a pilot plant level, critically, without losing the functional properties of the food. We must also consider the emerging nano and micro technologies for extraction and manufacturing of functional components, and for analytical analysis to which they must be subjected to at each stage of the process and the adaptation of the technology. Therefore, one of the challenges in the preparation of functional foods is the conservation of the active properties of the biocomponents that favor human health (phytonutrients, vitamins, microbiome, among others) from the production process to their intake and release in the organism.
Hence, it is intended that articles submitted to this Research Topic will have an impact on the feasibility of bringing a functional food design from the laboratory to pilot plant for its effective processing to the industry. Topics of interest to this collection may include:
• Projection in the natural and modified functional food industry
• Development of processes for the implementation of the proposed nanotechnology in the laboratory
• Proposal of analytical techniques directed towards functional foods in the process
• Studies of the feasibility of the technology at the pilot plant and industrial level for the production of functional foods
• Normativity and market evaluation of functional foods within the health area
• Studies of the psychosocial, circular economic, ethnic, and cultural impact and other factors that impact the introduction of functional foods
Types of manuscripts: Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective Articles
Keywords: nanotechnology, functional foods, circular economic, normativity, biosensors
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