Alternative and Replacement Foods

Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books. Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books.

• 1. A New Approach: Replacement and Alternative Foods for Food Industry2. Home Meal Replacement Regimen for Various Age Groups3. Concerns over dietary supplements, their quality, use and general safety4. Relevant aspects in the development of extruded high-protein snacks: An alternative to reduce global undernourishment5. Natural antioxidants and food applications: healthy perspectives6. The latest boom on food market goes back to ancient times: Vegan nutrition in sports and exercise – the healthy athlete7. Trends and possibilities of the use of probiotics in food production8. Nutraceuticals in alternative and underutilized fruits as functional food ingredients: ancient species for new health needs9. Designer and functional food lipids in dietary regimes: Current trends and future prospects10. Single-Cell Protein as a Source of Biologically Active Ingredients for the Formulation of Anti-Obesity Foods11. Annatto carotenoids as additives replacers in meat products12. Gluten-free bakery products13. Potential of novel bioactive peptides as functional food ingredients in preventing cardiovascular disease14. Methods to improve the quality of plant and animal by-products used as alternative protein sources to fish meal in aquafeeds15. Alternative Proteins and Pseudocereals in the Development of Gluten-Free Pasta