Strategies to Improve the Quality of Foods, Volume One in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series explores salt, sugar and fat reduction, while also discussing natural alternatives and nitrate and nitrate salts. Enrichment of foods with prebiotics, probiotics and pos-biotics in food development is also explored. This series is the most up-to-date resource covering trend topics such as Advances in the analysis of toxic compounds and control of food poisoning; Food fraud, traceability and authenticity; Revalorization of agrifood industry; Natural antimicrobial compounds and application to improve the preservation of food; Non-thermal processing technologies in the food industry, and more.

Edited by Dr. José Manuel Lorenzo and authored by a team of global experts in the fields of Food Quality and Safety, this series provides comprehensive knowledge to food industry personals and scientists.


1. Ultrasound-assisted extraction

2. Sub- and supercritical fluid extraction

3. Microwave-assisted extraction

4. High-pressure-assisted extraction

5. Pulsed electric field and High voltage electrical discharge extraction

6. Ohmic, UV and IR heating-assisted extraction

7. Extrusion extraction

8. Solar energy-assisted extraction

9. Membrane technologies

10. Alternative solvents for green extraction of bioactive compounds

11. Extraction of bound phenolic compounds