Functional foods are industrially produced or natural foods that, when consistently included in a varied diet and taken in effective quantities, may offer health benefits. This chapter aims to discuss the determinants (drivers and barriers) documented in the existing literature that can influence consumer choice and strategies for educating consumers to empower them to make informed choices regarding functional...
Food waste and by-products have attracted attention in recent years due to the reduction of food resources and the negative impact on the environment of current production and consumption systems. However, food waste and by-products can be transformed into new products that can be useful for human consumption because they represent a source of nutritional and technological (e.g., preservative, colorant, fibres)...
Fish and other seafood products are essential dietary components that are highly appreciated and consumed worldwide. However, the high perishability of these products has driven the development of a wide range of processing, preservation, and analytical techniques. This development has been accelerated in recent years with the advent of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) technologies, digitally tra...
To address the issues related to high perishability and limited shelf life of food proteins from muscle origin, different innovative processing, and preservation techniques, as well as analytical methodological approaches have been developed to meet environmental challenges and consumer demand for food of high quality and sustainable production supported by circular economy principles. This development has been...
To address the issues related to high perishability and limited shelf life of food proteins from muscle origin, different innovative processing, and pre servation techniques, as well as analytical methodological approaches have been developed to meet environmental challenges and consumer demand for food of high quality and sustainable production supported by circular economy principles. This development has bee...
Fish and other seafood products are essential dietary components that are highly appre ciated and consumed worldwide. However, the high perishability of these products has driven the development of a wide range of processing, preservation, and analytical techniques. This de velopment has been accelerated in recent years with the advent of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) technologies, digitally t...