Future Foods: Innovations Addressing Global Challenges in Health, Nutrition, Sustainability, and Ethics
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 February 2025 | Viewed by 20
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
By 2050, the worldwide population will reach 9 billion, further increasing the already substantial global malnutrition burden, compounded by the anticipated ongoing decline in food production due to climate change. Complex factors, such as limited resources, environmental degradation, and public health concerns, will hinder food supplies and nutritional wellbeing. As a result, it is imperative to reassess food production approaches by integrating technological advancements, scientific exploration, and insights from human health sciences. In this context, future foods (FFs), considered as non-customary, sustainable, and nutritional items, have the primary goal to address the abovementioned diet challenges with respect to human health, safety, and environmental. Biotechnology and genetic engineering, vertical, hydroponic, and insect farming, as well as meat cultivation and alternative food production technologies (3D food printing) have been recently implemented for the production of FFs. However, it is relevant to evaluate FFs’ impact on human health; FFs may affect the risk, occurrence, and symptoms of numerous diseases, but more trials are needed to assess their potential long-term benefits/damages. FFs may also provide essential nutrients in non-customary ways, potentially addressing nutritional deficiencies, thus promoting overall wellbeing. Therefore, it is imperative to assess the safety and quality of FFs through comparative studies with traditional foods. FFs should minimize environmental impact through sustainable production approaches, decreasing land, water, and energy usage. Therefore, it is critical to evaluate the cost–benefit analysis for FFs’ production. Food traditions, societal values, and the fair treatment of resources are non-negligible factors that may raise ethical concerns regarding the adoption of FFs. Considering all of this, we welcome different types of manuscript submissions, including original research articles and up-to-date reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses).
Dr. Amedeo Amedei
Dr. Edda Russo
Dr. Elena Niccolai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- future foods
- nutrition
- human health
- sustainability
- malnutrition
