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  • Food Science and Technology
  • Sustainable Engineering
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Nanostructured food products represent a rapidly expanding field in food research.
  • There is a notable lack of information regarding the sustainability of processes used in nanofood production.
  • Integrating sustainability early in the development of nanofoods is crucial for responsible innovation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advocate for the selection of sustainable process technologies at the initial stages of laboratory-scale nanofood development.
  • To demonstrate how predictive sustainability assessments can aid in selecting appropriate technologies.
  • To provide a quantitative method for incorporating sustainability into the process design of nanostructured foods.

Main Methods:

  • Leveraging predictive sustainability assessments, including exploratory ex ante and anticipatory life-cycle assessments, based on conventional food technologies.
  • Critically reviewing emerging nanostructured food products and their structuring processes across laboratory, pilot, and industrial scales.
  • Applying a rational method by learning from the sustainability of unit operations in conventional food processing and adapting these lessons to emerging approaches.

Main Results:

  • Sustainability assessments of conventional food process technologies can effectively inform the design of new nanofood concepts and technologies.
  • A rational method was developed to quantitatively incorporate sustainability considerations into the process design for nanostructured foods.
  • Lessons learned from conventional food processing sustainability are critically apportioned to guide emerging nanotechnologies.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method provides a quantitative framework for integrating sustainability into the early stages of nanostructured food process design.
  • Early selection of sustainable technologies is essential for the responsible advancement of the nanofoods sector.
  • Findings offer valuable insights for food researchers, engineers, and process equipment manufacturers involved in nanofood development.