Sustainable Innovation in Food Product Design

Maria Margarida Cortez Vieira is a Professor in the Department of Food Engineering at the University of Algarve in Portugal.Lorenzo Pastrana is a Professor and Head of the Department of Life Sciences at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in Portugal.José Aguilera is an Emeritus Professor of Chemical and Food Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

• I -  SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO CHEMICAL ADDITIVES TO EXTEND SHELF LIFE.-  Ch1-Pitangueira Leaf Extracts as Alternative to Traditional Additives in Fresh Pork Sausage.- Ch2- Joint application of physical agents and natural additives to inhibit the microbial growth in bovine meats surface.- Ch3- Effects of depuration on subsequent deterioration and shelf life of cultured grooved carpet shell clam Ruditapes decussatus during chilled storage.- II - SUSTAINABLE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.- Ch4-Sustainability and value-added products as an opportunity: Global acceptability and sensory quality of limpet (Patella spp.) pâté enriched with strawberry-tree (Arbutus unedo)fruit extract.- Ch5-Development of Gastronomic strategies for the application and valorization of new inverse emulsions of vegetable origin.- Ch6-A technological optimization to design a better gluten-free cereal-based cake premix.- Ch6-A technological optimization to design a better gluten-free cereal-based cake premix.- IV- CONSUMER BEHAVIOR.- Ch8- Evaluation of consumers’ acceptance of bread supplemented with insect protein.- Ch9-Potential use of aqueous extracts of Kombu seaweed in cream cracker formulation.- V - VALORIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRY.- Ch10- Non-compliant fruit as new functional food ingredients.- Ch 11: Potential of red winemaking byproducts as health-promoting food ingredients