Microalgae-Based Ingredients and Food Products: Biotechnological Production and Application
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2025 | Viewed by 1315
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microalgae biotechnology; photobioreactor engineering; environmental assessment; sustainability indicators and metrics; microalgae-based processes and products
Interests: microalgae biotechnology; bioprocess engineering; sustainable engineering; microalgae-based processes and products
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Interests: microalgae biotechnology; microalgae-based products; natural pigments; carotenoids; chlorophylls; bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food is one of the basic needs of life. Spiral problems associated with food demand and climate change have triggered a dilemma between food and sustainability, requiring crucial advances and innovative skills for the development of next-generation food ingredients. Thus, microalgal biomass—a proposed gold mine—has opened a new door for the sustainable food industry. Their cells, powered by photosynthesis, are sustainable expression chassis for multiple metabolites of nutritional interest. However, for microalgae-based ingredients to move from a flash-in-the-pan innovation to an industrial consolidation, science, engineering, and technology should build robust bridges over the old chasms that compose the death valley of microalgal biotechnology. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews, short communications, and opinions about microalgae-based ingredient applications in the food industry, emphasizing the main considerations and recommendations on (i) microalgae strains; (ii) the bioavailability and bioaccessibility of microalgae compounds; (iii) bioprocesses and bioengineering; (iv) sustainability metrics and indicators; and (v) policy interventions and regulatory issues.
Dr. Mariany Costa Deprá
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Jacob-Lopes
Dr. Leila Queiroz Zepka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microalgae strains
- primary and secondary metabolites
- bioactive compounds
- bioavailability and bioaccessibility
- upstream and downstream processing
- integration and intensification processes
- sustainability metrics and indicators
- sensorial and social acceptance
- policy and regulatory issues
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