Innovative Ways to Reduce Waste in Food Processing
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 681
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Interests: grains science and technology
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Dear Colleagues,
It is estimated by the FAO that about one-third of all the food produced in the world is wasted. Wasting food is not only an ethical and economic issue, but it also depletes the environment of limited natural resources. The causes of food waste or loss are numerous and occur at all steps in the food chain from farm to fork, i.e., in the production, processing, retail, and consumption stages.
The United Nations in 2015 unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which provide a list of 17 objectives to manage and drive economic prosperity and social well-being worldwide in the near future while, at the same time, protecting the environment. Goal 12 is “Responsible Consumption and Production”, and certainly reducing waste in food processing goes in the direction of a more sustainable food production pattern.
This Special Issue aims to focus on innovative processing methods that might help reduce food waste worldwide by maintaining precious components present in the raw materials in the food eaten by the consumer while assuring product safety. In this way, less waste and healthier foods are produced at the same time. Examples of these technologies might be mild cleaning/decortication methods for the production of whole grains, milling for the production of whole grain flours, or the production of fruit and vegetable products that also incorporate the peel, when possible.
Another aspect of interest could be the incorporation of raw materials coming from wastes of other food processes, which are nevertheless still rich in precious components (e.g., wastes from the citrus fruits industry, olive oil industry, etc.), in traditional foods (bakery products, pasta, noodles, etc.) to enrich their composition and functionality.
Previously unpublished original research papers and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Marina Carcea
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food waste
- food loss
- processing
- whole grains
- sustainable food production
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