Rational food design and food microstructure

dc.contributor.authorMiguel Aguilera, Jose
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:08:38Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:08:38Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractBackground: Consumers' demands are changing how foods are produced, processed, and delivered. In this respect, the term rational food design (RFD) appears in an increasing number of scientific articles without much explanation of its precise meaning. Attempting a definition of the concept supported by several examples would facilitate and encourage its applications in food research and product development.Scope and approach: The aims of this review are to (i) discuss advances in the rational design of foods resulting in improved product properties; (ii) address the role of food microstructure and the food matrix in achieving specific functional targets in several food products; and (iii) comment on the most active areas of food microstructure research, use of imaging techniques and the interfaces with other scientific disciplines.Key findings and conclusions: The article proposes that RFD is expressing the desirable sensorial, emotional, nutrition, and health properties of foods as functional multiscale microstructures and matrices following an integrated knowledge-based process that utilizes a versatile multidisciplinary toolbox. RFD is used advantageously in the development of delivery systems for nutraceuticals, redesigned/reformulated traditional products, gastronomic creations, personalized foods, applications for novel food sources, innovative plant-based foods and meat analogs, and matrices to feed a healthy microbiota. RFD implies working at interfaces with various disciplines outside the direct realm of food science and technology, thus nurturing from their knowledge and tools.
dc.description.funderFondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnol 'ogico (FONDECYT) -Chile
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tifs.2022.02.006
dc.identifier.eissn1879-3053
dc.identifier.issn0924-2244
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2022.02.006
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93484
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000788127400009
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final264
dc.pagina.inicio256
dc.revistaTrends in food science & technology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectMicrostructure
dc.subjectRational design
dc.subjectFood matrix
dc.subjectStructuring technologies
dc.subjectPlant-based foods
dc.subjectHealth and nutrition
dc.subjectMicrobiota
dc.subjectImaging techniques
dc.subjectArtificial intelligence
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleRational food design and food microstructure
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen122
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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