Natural cheeses and emulsifying salts are the main ingredients in the production of processed cheese. Together with processing parameters, they largely determine the composition and properties of the final product, but ...

The globalization of food supply, the consumers’ demand for more convenient, fresh-like food and rapid development in food science and technology, have resulted in a need to develop and apply non-thermal processing (NTP) ...

Non thermal technologies are gaining increased attention in various domains of food processing, mainly through achieving several goals: (i) decreasing processing time of foods; (ii) preventing negative effects of heat on ...

In recent decades there has been a significant demand to recover waste from agroindustry, especially from fruit processing. One of the most important residues is seeds that can be processed and incorporated into the human ...

Since ancient times, mushrooms have played an important role in the lives of people who collected them in the environment. Noticing the way they grow in nature, some human communities have themselves started growing mushrooms ...

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are often framed positively in terms of win–win options or no-regret measures. However, are NbS equally beneficial for everyone? Are burdens and benefits of NbS really equally distributed and ...

Wild fruits are underutilized plants that are well adapted to the local climatic conditions. Extreme environmental conditions due to climate change or variability are a threat to wild-growing species, crop production, ...

The aim of this chapter is to describe the potential effects of climate changes in Southeast European (SEE) countries, and the implications on agricultural production. Adaptation measures to mitigate these effects could ...

Drugs that were formerly thought to be life-saving miracles are now rendered useless due to pathogen's defense mechanisms. It is more difficult to fight or cure the infectious disease and to develop new antibiotics due to ...