Factors Influencing the Quality of Meat and Milk Products
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 66
Special Issue Editor
Interests: meat science; milk and dairy products; sensory properties; microstructure; animal-based food quality; emerging technologies; natural products
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Animal-based foods, as part of a balanced diet, constitute a rich source of essential nutrients such as high-value proteins, vitamins, and minerals, all of which are important for growth, development, and nutrient bioavailability. However, it is important to choose sustainable, high-quality sources for consumption. Quality includes a set of properties (physicochemical, microbiological, technological, sensory, nutritional, textural, rheological, and microstructural) that give the food value and that meet established standards. Since quality is integral to food, many factors can affect it. This Special Issue focuses on the factors of animal production that influence the quality of foods:
- Biological and genetic factors: sex, age, breed, and growth rate.
- Physiological factors: stage of lactation, age, and health.
- Environmental and management factors: feeding, climate, milking, and handling.
In recent years, there has been a growing trend toward the development of healthier, safer, minimally processed, nutritious, and sensorially acceptable foods, with environmentally friendly production. The use of substances from natural sources in animal production provides health benefits beyond their basic nutritional value. This Special Issue also focuses on post-mortem factors (temperature, pH, and carcass management), secondary factors (contaminating residues, pesticides, antibiotics, water quality), sociocultural factors (norms, politics, and traditions), conventional and/or emerging technologies, nanotechnology and use of additives to promote the development of functional foods, whenever variables involving live animals are included in the research.
Dr. Luis Manuel Carrillo-Lopez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- milk and dairy products
- meat quality
- emerging technologies
- natural products
- animal production
- microbiology
- chemicals
- nutrition
- additives
- antibiotics
- feed
- additives
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