Nana Zhang , Xing Chen , Xidong Jiao , Bowen Yan , Daming Fan
{"title":"Dimensional reduction of meat structure to create novel applications","authors":"Nana Zhang , Xing Chen , Xidong Jiao , Bowen Yan , Daming Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101232","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101232","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To meet the demands of sustainable, healthy, and versatile meat products, this review provides the cutting edge research on the molecular characteristics and functionality of meat protein nanofibrils with the aim to fill the knowledge gap in the tailored production of muscle foods. It starts with the introduction of structural and nutritional characteristics of meat and discusses their product development potential and existing technical challenges. To address these issues, emphasis is placed on a particularly versatile strategy, that is, dimensional reduction of meat structure and production of meat protein nanofibrils to create new functionalities. This review also highlights the importance of mesoscopic polymorphism of nanofibrils and soft matter physics as an appealing approach in the interpretation. Finally, novel applications in texture-modified meat products, liquid foods, and 3D printing foods are exemplified. More research is needed to probe the structure–property relations of meat protein by model identification and validation. This review offers unique perspectives for structuring meat proteins, which will inspire the tailored manufacture of advanced meat products.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101232"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142702767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenfei Qin , Guangqiang Wang , Yongjun Xia , Xin Song , Zhiqiang Xiong , Chunlan Huang , Chen Gong , Yue Zeng , Lianzhong Ai
{"title":"The role of probiotic foods in acute pancreatitis: current status and future directions","authors":"Wenfei Qin , Guangqiang Wang , Yongjun Xia , Xin Song , Zhiqiang Xiong , Chunlan Huang , Chen Gong , Yue Zeng , Lianzhong Ai","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101231","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101231","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a global disease with a complex pathogenesis, while the intestinal environment has been shown to be closely associated with the onset and progression of AP. Currently, probiotic foods have garnered increasing interest as a potential treatment for AP due to their ability to improve intestinal barrier function, maintain intestinal immunity, and modulate intestinal microbiome. This review summarizes research advances in probiotic foods applied in animal studies and clinical trials of AP management, including the strains, dosages, and durations in probiotic foods, and conclusion, and further discusses the potential mechanisms for probiotic foods in AP. Despite promising results, several limitations and unanswered questions remain, including the optimal probiotic strains, timing of intervention, and guideline for the components of probiotic foods. Future large-scale, multicenter randomized controlled trials are needed to elucidate the efficacy and mechanisms of probiotic foods in AP and address these current gaps in knowledge.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101231"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142661755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cattle, swine, poultry, and fish cells for meat production: addressing challenges of co-culture and the innovative approaches for muscle and fat integration","authors":"Milena D Pierezan, Silvani Verruck","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101230","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101230","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This review describes the main challenges currently faced during co-culture for meat production, focusing on cell interactions during the differentiation stage and the innovative approaches for muscle and fat integration using cattle, swine, poultry, and fish cells. The simultaneous differentiation of muscle and fat cells promotes inhibitory interactions and does not seem to be efficient, although specific supplementation in the culture medium (with arginine or conjugated linoleic acids) demonstrated great potential to circumvent this behavior. Based on recent evidence, sequential differentiation using the same cell population (i.e. fibroblasts) in scaffolds seemed to be the most promising strategy for producing muscle and fat cells in a single system. Recommendations for future studies involve applying cell transformation techniques that do not involve genetic modification and developing edible scaffolds using this innovative approach. Furthermore, scaling up co-culture systems remains a technological challenge. While perfusion reactors offer a promising method for creating structured cultivated meat products, optimizing the co-culture approach and bioreactor designs will be crucial for commercial production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101230"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142661756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low resolution food fingerprinting: vibrational spectroscopic methods for nondestructive food authentication","authors":"Daniel Cozzolino","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101229","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101229","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Methods and techniques used in food fingerprinting are required to be of low cost, rapid and easy to use to target issues associated with food authenticity (e.g. food fraud, provenance). The utilisation of sensing technologies based on vibrational spectroscopy, including mid-infrared, near-infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and, more recently, hyperspectral imaging are proposed and extensively used in food authenticity in a wide range of foods. The different studies and commercial applications reported concluded that the utilisation of vibrational spectroscopy allows for the development of efficient and robust systems to monitor food authenticity. These techniques have also shown their potential to be included in the implementation of management decision tools that would allow for the evaluation and monitoring of the authenticity of food supply and value chains.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101229"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142532862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rewiring marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as circadian rhythm regulators for manipulating glycolipid metabolism: emerging insights into molecular mechanism and potential targets","authors":"Jianxin Yao , Yu Zhang , Jingjing Jiao","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101228","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101228","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The 24-hour rhythm substantially affects the daily life activities of all living organisms on Earth. In this review, we unravel the role of marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) as circadian rhythm regulators in glycolipid metabolism disorders. As two major types of n-3 PUFAs, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) improves circadian rhythms by insulin-induced gene 2–sterol-regulatory element–binding protein pathway, while eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) targets melatonin to regulate circadian rhythms. Given GABAergic neurons in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus clock to the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, DHA and EPA directly target G protein–coupled receptor 120 (GPR120) on cellular membrane and then manipulate circadian rhythm genes <em>Rev-erb</em> and <em>RORα</em> to improve glucose metabolism. Furthermore, n-3 PUFAs directly respond on GPR120 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), which in turn affect circadian genes <em>Per, Bmal1</em>, and <em>Rev-erbα</em> and then ameliorate lipid metabolism disorders. The current review broadens the functionality of n-3 PUFAs in the field of circadian rhythm regulation and concludes molecular mechanisms on regulating glycolipid metabolism through adjusting circadian rhythms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101228"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dong Hoon Lee, Md Wadud Ahmed, Mohammed Kamruzzaman
{"title":"Nanoscale substance–integrated optical sensing platform for pesticide detection in perishable foods","authors":"Dong Hoon Lee, Md Wadud Ahmed, Mohammed Kamruzzaman","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101227","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101227","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Engineered optical sensing platforms are emerging as promising technologies for on-demand detection and quantification of target molecules. In the past, nanoscale substance–integrated optical sensing platforms were closely connected with biomedical applications. However, their use has recently expanded into food and agriculture to overcome the drawbacks of conventional analytic tools while achieving the detection of toxic chemical residues. This review discusses current examples and perspectives on the detection of pesticides/herbicides residue in perishable food using a nanoscale substance–supported novel optical sensing platform. Additionally, representative types of nanoscale substance–supported optical sensing platforms applied to food and agriculture with their corresponding examples are also briefly illustrated. This review provides an in-depth analysis of the prospect and challenge, confirming their promising advance and potential for pesticides/herbicides detection in food and agriculture. The authors envision that nanoscale substances–integrated optical sensing platforms will play a significant role in enhancing food safety in the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101227"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142532858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Gomez-Corona , Olivier Wathelet , Nicolas Minvielle
{"title":"How to think about the future of food? Speculative design and design fiction applied to consumer research","authors":"Carlos Gomez-Corona , Olivier Wathelet , Nicolas Minvielle","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101226","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101226","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Speculating about the future has intrigued humans for thousands of years. What will bring the future is something that is in everybody’s mind at a certain moment, including consumer researchers. However, studying future scenarios is not an easy task and is certainly something that we cannot do with traditional consumer research methodologies. This review focuses on speculative design and specially in design fiction as two different approaches to study plausible futures of food in consumer research. By making a revision of the publications of speculative design and design fiction, we want to bring these methodologies closer to the consumer researcher in food, as almost all publications in this domain come from design disciplines. Our aim is to show, at an early stage, the potential benefits and limitations of these approaches, particularly in the field of consumer research of food.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101226"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142428123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danilo MV Boas, Oluwadara Alegbeleye, Anderson S Sant’Ana
{"title":"Microbial diversity and ecology of bottled water","authors":"Danilo MV Boas, Oluwadara Alegbeleye, Anderson S Sant’Ana","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101218","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101218","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This review article summarizes some studies that described alterations in microbial counts and diversity in bottled water products during postpackaging shelf life. It also discusses prevalent microbial groups recovered from bottled water samples in different parts of the world. Finally, it explores some of the advantages of contemporary microbial detection and characterization approaches, with a particular emphasis on implications for traceability and quality assurance in the food industry. Adequate understanding of the microbial ecology of bottled water can aid traceability for example, tracking the origin and quality of products throughout shelf life. Understanding the microbial diversity and factors that influence its changes through shelf life can meaningfully contribute to ensuring product integrity as well as consumer and public health safety.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101218"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142257283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Waste to wealth: bioprocessing methods for the conversion of food byproducts into value-added products: a mini-review","authors":"Yingzhen Wang, Hang Qi","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101215","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101215","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The continuous growth of global food production has led to a significant increase in food byproducts, which are often discarded, causing environmental pollution and wasting valuable resources. Given that many byproducts are sources of valuable compounds, this review explores the application of microbial fermentation and enzymatic hydrolysis, two of the most promising bioprocessing methods, in various food byproducts, and finds that bioconversion methods can transform food byproducts into various value-added products. Moreover, the article discusses the challenges faced in implementing these bioprocessing methods and provides insights into future perspectives. In summary, by transforming waste into wealth, we can create new opportunities for economic growth while mitigating the negative environmental impact of the food industry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101215"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142240662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bowen Yan , Yuying Sun , Xiangwei Tang , Daming Fan
{"title":"Potential in microwave combined with hot air for home cooking","authors":"Bowen Yan , Yuying Sun , Xiangwei Tang , Daming Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101216","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101216","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the trends of smart kitchens, more intelligent and fast cooking methods are gradually replacing traditional cooking methods. Microwave combined with hot air, commonly used in the industry for food drying, is a new cooking technology with great potential for applications in home cooking such as baking, frying, reheating, and thawing. This review introduces the basic principles of microwave and hot air technology and the advantages in home cooking. The combination of microwave and hot air can compensate for the shortcomings of traditional microwave ovens in baking and frying. By using microwaves to enhance energy conversion efficiency and significantly reduce cooking time, this combination broadens the application range of household microwave ovens and holds great potential in the future of digital cooking.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54291,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Food Science","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101216"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142257285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}