Innovative Food Packaging and Processing Technologies

SECTION I: Food Processing 1. Application of PEF in food processing and2. Ultraviolet light for food and beverage preservation. Exploring the latest advancements and potential challenges3. Megasonic treatments in food4. Cold Plasma for food processing applications5. Progress in radio frequency heating for food6. Nanotechnology in food safetySECTION II: Product development and food packaging7. Edible insects as alternative food: nutrition, safety, sustainability8. Development of novel ingredients using innovative9. Novel techniques for food product and packaging prototyping and manufacturing: from blueprints to enhanced functionality10. Edible films for food packaging and preservation11. Potential use of microalgae and Amazonian fruit in electrospun nanofibers for the development of innovative food packaging12. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a tool to evaluate bioplastics as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics in the food industrySECTION III: Industry and consumer13. The entrepreneurial process for novel food products and packaging14. From the leap innovation department to your table: the transfer of novel technologies to the food industry15. Challenges and Innovations in High Pressure Processing Commercial Implementation16. 3D printing: at the intersection of social acceptance, participatory research, and specific nutritional benefits