Food Process Engineering
A section of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717).
Section Information
This Section of the journal Processes focuses on all aspects of food processes, including on experimental, theoretical, and computational research in this area. The aim is to publish research that will enhance knowledge about chemical and biochemical reaction processes, mass transfer, separation, purification and fragmentation processes, heat transfer systems, mixing and fluid processes, integrated process design and scale-up, process modeling, optimization, simulation and control, all of which are topics that may be linked to food processes. Food quality aspects and energy saving in food processing are also of interest, as well as those related to the use of agro-food industry waste. All manuscripts submitted for publication under this section will undergo the high-quality peer review process of the Processes journal and, if accepted, will be published rapidly online. Download Section Flyer
Keywords
- Cereal processing
- Meat processing
- Fruit and vegetable processing
- Processes in beverage production
- Thermal method of food preservation and processing
- Sustainable food processing
- Minimal food processing
- Emerging food technologies
- Food quality
- Energy saving in food processing
- Use of food waste
- Minimally-processed food
- Processed food and health
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Processing Foods: Process Optimization and Quality Assessment, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 5 April 2025)
- Research and Optimization of Food Processing Technology (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Modelling and Simulation of Food Drying Processes—Emerging Trends and Sustainable Practices (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Properties in Unconventional Food Processes (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Processing and Quality Control of Agro-Food Products (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- New Research on Microbial Contamination and Microbial Safety in the Food Chain (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Innovative Strategies and Applications in Sustainable Food Processing (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Food Biochemistry and Health: Recent Developments and Perspectives (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Advances in Seafood Science and Processing (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Advances in Green Processes for Antioxidant and Antibacterial Polyphenol Extraction (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Emerging Thermal and Non-Thermal Technologies for Food Preservation and Sustainable Food Processing (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Antioxidant Extraction Processes (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advanced Technologies of Tea Preparation, Quality Control, and Fine Processing (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Antimicrobial Food Packaging: Materials and Technologies (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advanced Drying Technologies in Food Processing (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Research Advances and Applications of Isotopic and Spectroscopic Analysis in Foods and Beverages (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Application and Development of Ultrasonic Technology in Food Processing (Deadline: 25 June 2025)
- Emerging Technologies in Sustainable Dairy Processing (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Current Exploration of Dietary Fiber Processing and Technologies Supporting Nutrition and Health (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Enzymes and Microorganisms in Food Bioprocessing—Waste Recovery, Applications and Advances (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Microencapsulation of Food Antioxidants (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Drying Kinetics and Quality Control in Food Processing, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Monitoring, Detection and Control of Food Contaminants (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Production Planning, Modeling and Control of Food Industry Processes (Deadline: 10 July 2025)
- High-Value-Added Utilization of Food and Food By-Products (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Chemometrics in Food Quality Control: New Challenges and Cutting-Edge Approaches (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Separation and Extraction Techniques in Food Processing and Analysis (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Non-thermal Technologies in Food Science, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Chromatographic Techniques in Food Industry Processes (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Research on Green Processing and Testing Technologies for Food and Beverages (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Production, Processing and Quality Assessment of Livestock Meat Products (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Recent Advances in Food Fermentation Technology (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Development of Innovative Processes in Food Engineering (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Supercritical Technology Applied to Food, Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Energy Industries—2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Processes in Agri-Food Technology (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Advances in the Design, Analysis and Evaluation of Functional Foods (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Feature Papers in the "Food Process Engineering" Section (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Applications of Non-Thermal and Thermal Technologies in Food Processing, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Rheological Properties of Food Products (Deadline: 10 October 2025)
- Advances in Extraction and Characterization of Functional Properties of Bioactive Compounds Obtained from Food Processing (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Physicochemical, Thermal, Sensorial, Nutritional, and Flow Properties During Food Processes (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Food Processing and Ingredient Analysis (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Emerging Technologies for the Valorization of Agro-Food Byproducts into Functional Ingredients and Foods (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advanced Technology for Food Engineering and Bioactive Compound Characterization (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advances in Organic Food Processing and Probiotic Fermentation (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Quality of Plant Raw Materials and Their Processing (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Novel Techniques in Natural Product Extraction to Improve Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity in Foods (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Novel Technologies for the Processing and Quality Assessment of Meat Production (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Improvement and Innovation in Engineering and Bioprocesses in Dairy Technology (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- The Advances in Food Processing and Functional Food (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Electrospray Drying and Freezing Technology in Food Processing (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Green Technologies for Food Processing (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: