Low-temperature food preservation is critically important in both current and future aspects of food processing and food science. These technologies are key to maintaining food quality, ensuring safety, enabling global trade, fostering innovation, and satisfying consumer demands for a variety of convenient and high-quality food products. As the food industry continues to grow and face new challenges and opportunities, the investment in research, technology development, and sustainable practices in low-temperature food processing becomes crucial for tackling the multifaceted and interconnected issues facing the 21st century and beyond.
This Research Topic is designed to serve as a comprehensive platform for researchers, industry professionals, and stakeholders to showcase and discuss the most recent advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the realm of low-temperature food preservation. The emphasis will be placed on cutting-edge technologies, methods, quality assurance, safety considerations, sustainability, consumer perceptions, and trends in the preservation of food at low temperatures.
We welcome the submission of original research, reviews, mini reviews, and perspective articles on topics including, but not limited to:
- Fundamental Principles and Mechanisms: exploring the basic science behind low-temperature preservation techniques and their effects on food properties.
- Innovative Technologies and Methods: showcasing novel approaches and technologies for enhancing the effectiveness of low-temperature food preservation.
- Advanced Freezing and Thawing Techniques: delving into the latest developments in freezing and thawing methods that minimize quality loss and improve efficiency.
- Quality and Safety Assurance: examining strategies and technologies for ensuring the highest standards of food quality and safety during low-temperature storage and processing.
- Packaging and Storage Solutions: investigating innovative packaging materials and storage conditions that extend shelf life and maintain the quality of low-temperature preserved foods.
Additionally, the discussion will extend to the economic and environmental impacts of low-temperature food preservation, including cost-benefit analyses, energy consumption, and the carbon footprint associated with these technologies. The goal is not only to advance scientific understanding and technological innovation, but also to promote sustainable and eco-friendly practices within the industry. By bringing together a diverse range of perspectives and expertise, this Research Topic aims to foster a dynamic and multidisciplinary dialogue that will propel the field of low-temperature food preservation forward, ensuring that it can meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.
Keywords:
Emerging technologies, Low temperature preservation, Freezing, Refrigeration, Cooling, Sustainability
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Low-temperature food preservation is critically important in both current and future aspects of food processing and food science. These technologies are key to maintaining food quality, ensuring safety, enabling global trade, fostering innovation, and satisfying consumer demands for a variety of convenient and high-quality food products. As the food industry continues to grow and face new challenges and opportunities, the investment in research, technology development, and sustainable practices in low-temperature food processing becomes crucial for tackling the multifaceted and interconnected issues facing the 21st century and beyond.
This Research Topic is designed to serve as a comprehensive platform for researchers, industry professionals, and stakeholders to showcase and discuss the most recent advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the realm of low-temperature food preservation. The emphasis will be placed on cutting-edge technologies, methods, quality assurance, safety considerations, sustainability, consumer perceptions, and trends in the preservation of food at low temperatures.
We welcome the submission of original research, reviews, mini reviews, and perspective articles on topics including, but not limited to:
- Fundamental Principles and Mechanisms: exploring the basic science behind low-temperature preservation techniques and their effects on food properties.
- Innovative Technologies and Methods: showcasing novel approaches and technologies for enhancing the effectiveness of low-temperature food preservation.
- Advanced Freezing and Thawing Techniques: delving into the latest developments in freezing and thawing methods that minimize quality loss and improve efficiency.
- Quality and Safety Assurance: examining strategies and technologies for ensuring the highest standards of food quality and safety during low-temperature storage and processing.
- Packaging and Storage Solutions: investigating innovative packaging materials and storage conditions that extend shelf life and maintain the quality of low-temperature preserved foods.
Additionally, the discussion will extend to the economic and environmental impacts of low-temperature food preservation, including cost-benefit analyses, energy consumption, and the carbon footprint associated with these technologies. The goal is not only to advance scientific understanding and technological innovation, but also to promote sustainable and eco-friendly practices within the industry. By bringing together a diverse range of perspectives and expertise, this Research Topic aims to foster a dynamic and multidisciplinary dialogue that will propel the field of low-temperature food preservation forward, ensuring that it can meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.
Keywords:
Emerging technologies, Low temperature preservation, Freezing, Refrigeration, Cooling, Sustainability
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.