Food Analytical Methods
A section of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158).
Section Information
This section focuses on the development, application, and study of analytical procedures for characterizing the properties of foods and their constituents. The instrumental analytical techniques and methods used in food analysis to assess a rational understanding of food properties fits the scope of this section, as well as new innovative approaches and the use of modern analytical instruments, methodologies, and applications. The present and future challenges in food analysis—including the application of “omics” techniques (e.g. epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, foodomics)—fall within the scope of this Section, open also to aspects related to government regulations and international standards relevant to the foods analysis.
Keywords
- analytical techniques and methods
- instruments
- regulation
- food composition
- structure
- nutritional and physicochemical properties
- sensory attributes
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Novel Detection Approaches of Biological and Non-biological Risk Factors in Foods (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Application of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Food Science: Current Practice and Future Directions (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Analysis, Detection Technology and Safety Risk Assessment of Food Contaminants—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Innovative Sample Pretreatment and Detection Techniques for Foods (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Applications of Chromatography and Spectroscopy in Food Analysis (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Novel Techniques for Food Authentication (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Identification, Characterization and Quantification of Food Compounds Using Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Chemometric Analysis of Food: Spectroscopic Techniques, Authenticity Identification and Food Applications (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Modern Analytical Methods for Food Ingredients (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Food Fraud as a Global Problem: Advanced Analytical Tools to Detect Species, Country of Origin and Adulterations (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Development of Fluorescent and Infrared Spectroscopy Methods' Applications in Food Analysis (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Nanomaterial-Based Emerging Technologies for Detecting Food Contaminants—Volume II (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Sensors for Food Safety and Quality Assessment—Volume II (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Coffee and Coffee-Related Product Characterization through Rapid Analytical Methodologies and Downscaled Systems (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Food Component (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Techniques for Food Authentication: Trends and Emerging Approaches—Volume II (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Machine Learning and Chemometrics Applied to Food Control: New Trends and Challenges (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Contamination Monitoring and Analysis Techniques in Food Processing and Safety (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Application of Advanced Methodologies in Food Quality and Safety Evaluation (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Spectroscopic Techniques Applied in the Context of Food Safety and Quality (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Novel Applications of Machine Learning Combine with Chemometrics in Food Quality Assessment (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advanced Detection and Analysis Technology for Food Contaminants and Toxicants (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Rapid Detection and Identification Methods for Food Quality and Safety (Deadline: 12 July 2024)
- Application of Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry in Food Quality and Food Safety (Deadline: 22 July 2024)
- NMR and MS Applications for Food Quality Assessment and Traceability (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Methods for the Detection of Residues of Harmful or Risky Small Organic Molecules in Food (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Emerging Analytical Technologies for Food Contaminants Detection—Volume II (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Optical Probes and Biosensors for Food Detection: Development and Applications (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Advanced Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Techniques in Food Analysis and Quality Control (Deadline: 27 August 2024)
- Advances in Foodborne Pathogen Analysis and Detection (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Recent Research and Application of Biochemical Determinations and Analytical Technologies in Foods (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- AI-Powered Advances in Data Handling for Enhanced Food Analysis: From Chemometrics to Machine Learning (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Application of Chromatography and Spectroscopy in Natural Food Analysis II (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Application of Non-Invasive Spectral and Multi-Spectral Sensors in Food Analysis (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Current State-of-the-Art Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Techniques Utilized in Food Authenticity and Food Traceability (Deadline: 26 September 2024)
- Applications of Spectroscopy Combined Machine Learning in Food Quality and Safety (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- The Non-destructive Testing, In Situ Analysis, and Automated Sorting of Food/Agricultural Product Quality (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Trends in Quality, Analysis, Classification, and Authentication of Distilled Spirits (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Rapid Analysis Methods and Food Safety Management Systems (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Quantitative NMR and MRI Methods Applied for Foodstuffs (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Rapid Detection Technology Applied in Food Safety (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Spectroscopic Methods Applied in Food Quality Determination (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Spectroscopy and Chemometrics Applied in Food Authentication and Quality Evaluation (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Application of Instrumental Chemistry in Food Analysis (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Rapid Analysis Technology for Quality Control and Food Safety (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Innovative Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Analytical Methods for Analysis of Foods (Deadline: 31 December 2024)