Novel foods and novel processing techniques are a real challenge for science, industry and administrative bodies but are not a threat to consumers, so although the question why consumers are very wary of ‘novel food’ is undoubtedly interesting, this paper does not deal with consumer attitudes but with definitions of ‘foods’, ‘functional foods’ and ‘novel foods’ and with particular issues regard...

This paper assesses the challenges of alternative solar systems based on hybrid PVT collectors coupled with an absorption chiller (AbCH, single-stage NH3-H2O) in food-processing industry, from technical, economic and environmental points view. type industry is usually characterised by a constant cooling demand throughout year, hot water for production processes electricity consumption factory e...

!y the year 2000 the worldwide market for biotechnology-derived food and agricultural products could be valued at tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. The results of the rapid pace of biological research since 1970 indicate that we are only scratching the surface of the potential. We define biotechnology broadly, as the use of biological systems, including micro-organisms or components prod...

Seaweeds are gaining momentum as novel and functional food feed products. From whole consumption to small bioactive compounds, seaweeds have remarkable flexibility in their applicability, ranging from production fertilizers or usages chemical industries. Regarding production, there is an increasing interest the development of foods that, at same time, present high nutritious content sustainably...