Application of Cold Plasma Technology in Food Industry
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2019)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Cold plasma, Food processing, Retorting, Food packaging, Process development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The food industry is continually exploring alternate non-thermal technologies for food processing. Cold plasma is one of the technologies that has shown promising applications. Cold plasma has been explored for various applications in the food industry, such as food decontamination, enzyme inactivation, toxin degradation, quality enhancement, shelf-life extension, packaging modifications, etc. The versatility in mode of operation, adaptive designs, cost-effectiveness and environment friendly nature of cold plasma offers unique advantages to food processors. The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase the potential applications of cold plasma in food industries and grow the present knowledge base.
Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research and review articles focused on the latest findings in cold plasma applications for food industry.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Microbial decontamination of fresh and processed food products using cold plasma.
- Microbial inactivation kinetics and mechanisms with cold plasma processing.
- Effect of cold plasma on food quality attributes (physical, chemical, and sensory).
- Modifications and functionalization of polymers used for food packaging.
Dr. Shashi Kishor Pankaj
Dr. Chaitanya Chaitanya Sarangpani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Cold plasma
- plasma processing
- plasma packaging
- enzyme inactivation
- toxin degradation
- food decontamination
- shelf-life extension