Nowadays, many consumers prefer foods with a high content of nutraceuticals that
contribute to the prevention or healing of chronic diseases. Therefore, in recent years, more …

There is an increasing demand for alternative and sustainable protein sources, such as
vegetables, insects and microorganisms, that can meet the nutritional and sensory …

Food packaging is designed to protect foods, to provide required information about the food,
and to make food handling convenient for distribution to consumers. Packaging has a crucial …

Micro-and nanoencapsulation is an emerging technology in the food field that potentially
allows the improvement of food quality and human health. Bio-based delivery systems of …

Background Aiming at the enhancement of food products' nutritional and health value, the
incorporation of nutraceuticals has attracted increasing interest in the last years. However …

Dietary supplements and foods for special medical purposes are special medical products
classified according to the legal basis. They are regulated, for example, by the European …

Background Controlled release (CR) systems have emerged as powerful platforms for
innovative formulations and dietary designs to enhance the techno-functional performance …

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of high intensity ultrasound on
physicochemical and emulsifying properties of thermally aggregated whey proteins. Whey …

Protein fibrils are potential emulsifiers with a highly pH-dependent structure. Therefore, the
influence of pH on the self-assemblies of whey protein isolate (WPI) fibrils was investigated …

Proteins represent a group of biopolymers with interesting properties to be employed as raw
materials in the preparation of nanoparticles for drug delivery purposes. Due to the inherent …