HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH
ON FOOD SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY

Human population is growing dramatically, and it will probably reach
10 billion world inhabitants sooner than estimated. It implies important
challenges never faced before by humans who need to organize and work
on the development of mega-efforts to ensure universal access to health
care, food, water, sanitization, energy, education, and housing. These challenges, natural or man-made, obligate the scientific community to proactively seek new breakthrough food and nutrition solutions to ensure global
food sustainability and nutrition security in the future. To achieve this,
innovative solutions need to be considered throughout the whole food
chain, inclusive of food choices and dietary patterns, in order to make
significant improvements in the food supply, nutritional, and health status.
In the case of foods, innovations in food processing techniques can significantly contribute to meeting the needs of the future world population with
respect to quality, quantity, and sustainability of food intake