Food Allergenic Risk Assessment: State of the Art and Challenges
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Toxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2025 | Viewed by 1123
Special Issue Editors
Interests: accurate identification of new food allergens; analysis of detection methods of food allergens; typical processing techniques for reducing the allergenicity to food allergens
Interests: effect of diet nutrition on the mucosal immune homeostasis; allergenic evaluation of new food protein resources; key technologies for manufacturing hypoallergenic and allergen-free foods
Interests: food allergy; protein structure analysis; novel food processing techniques; nutrition and human health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food allergy is a global health issue primarily triggered by proteins in foods. Eggs, milk, peanuts, wheat, and seafood commonly consumed in daily life can all become allergens that pose risks to human health. Allergy symptoms range from mild discomfort to severe anaphylactic shock. Approximately 2–5% of adults and 4–6% of children worldwide are affected by food allergies, with this percentage continuously increasing. Therefore, accurately assessing the risk of food allergens is crucial to ensuring the safety of allergic individuals.
Despite significant progress in the identification of food allergens, the study of immune mechanisms, and the development of diagnostic technologies, many challenges remain in food allergy risk assessment and in developing effective prevention and treatment strategies. This Special Issue aims to present the latest advances in food allergy risk assessment, covering areas such as the identification of novel allergens, in-depth studies of immune mechanisms, the application of allergen-reduction techniques, the development of precision diagnostic tools, and the exploration of personalized treatment approaches.
We invite authors to submit original research articles related to food allergen risk assessment to this Special Issue, with a particular focus on the innovation and novelty of research.
Dr. Liangtao Lv
Dr. Qiaozhi Zhang
Prof. Dr. Jin Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- allergen detection
- immune mechanisms
- allergen reduction technologies
- allergic reaction prediction
- allergenic foods
- epitope prediction
- food allergy management strategies
- allergy epidemiology research
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