Food Analysis, Safety and Packaging

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 1286

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National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat Street, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: food authentication; food traceability; geographical origin; elemental analysis; ICP-MS; chemometric methods
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Dear Colleagues,

Advances in food analysis and packaging have contributed to enhanced food safety, quality assurance, and sustainability. These advances have enabled more efficient monitoring, detection, and prevention of contaminants, while also addressing consumer demand for transparency and environmentally friendly packaging options. Continued research and innovation in these areas will further improve the safety, quality, and sustainability of the global food system.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to present the advances in food analysis, safety, and packaging. We encourage the submission of manuscripts that include, but are not limited to:

Food analysis: portable and rapid testing devices; DNA-based analysis; non-destructive imaging techniques; and big data and artificial intelligence analytics.

Food packaging: active and intelligent packaging; nanomaterials; sustainable packaging; and smart labels and traceability.

Dr. Adriana Dehelean
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • food quality
  • mass spectrometry
  • foodomics
  • chemometrics
  • sensorial evaluation

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Coumarins in Spirit Beverages: Sources, Quantification, and Their Involvement in Quality, Authenticity and Food Safety
by Sheila Oliveira-Alves, Sílvia Lourenço, Tiago A. Fernandes and Sara Canas
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(3), 1010; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14031010 - 24 Jan 2024
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This comprehensive review is devoted to an under-exploited family of phenolic compounds, the coumarins, and the most relevant strands in which they are involved in some spirit beverages—wine spirit, brandy, whiskey, sugar-cane spirits (rum and cachaça) and grape marc spirit—with great importance worldwide [...] Read more.
This comprehensive review is devoted to an under-exploited family of phenolic compounds, the coumarins, and the most relevant strands in which they are involved in some spirit beverages—wine spirit, brandy, whiskey, sugar-cane spirits (rum and cachaça) and grape marc spirit—with great importance worldwide in terms of production, trade and consumption. It gathers the key discoveries on the topic, considering the production process of each spirit beverage, and the related sources of coumarins (different kinds of wood used in the ageing stage), along with the factors that govern them and can influence the sensory properties of the aged beverages. An overview of the analytical methods available for their identification/quantification is also included, as well as the corresponding trends for the advancement of knowledge in this field. Moreover, the remarkable role of coumarins as nutraceuticals, their importance as chemical markers for authenticity purposes, and their relationship with the food safety of these spirit beverages are also addressed, highlighting the current gaps and issues, and providing clues for future research. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Food Analysis, Safety and Packaging)
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