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This Special Issue presents a range of recent technologies and innovations to help the agricultural and food industry to manage and minimize postharvest losses, enhance reliability and sustainability, and generate high-quality products that are both healthy and appealing to consumers. It focuses on three main topics of food storage and preservation technologies, food processing technologies, and the applications of advanced mathematical modelling and computer simulations. This presentation of the latest research and information is particularly useful for people who are working in or associated with the fields of agriculture, the agri-food chain and technology development and promotion.

persimmon fruit --- drying methods --- computational intelligence methods --- artificial neural network model --- support vector machine model --- k-nearest neighbors --- milk quality --- high pressure processing --- pasteurization --- milk storage --- shelf life --- bulk hazelnut kernels --- mechanical properties --- heating temperature --- oil efficiency --- relaxation process --- common beans --- beans classification --- hard-to-cook --- bean softening --- piper nigrum --- dimensions --- mass --- maturity levels --- modelling --- food security --- food quality --- agricultural production --- crop storage and processing --- food distribution --- smart digital technology --- industry 4.0 --- refrigeration --- deterioration --- cavitation --- dosage --- hurdle technology --- microorganisms --- nonthermal --- decontamination --- bulk weight --- hop cones size distribution --- chemical analysis --- energy consumption --- postharvest storage --- food packaging and shelf-life --- bitter kola --- food preservation --- alligator pepper --- underutilized seeds --- cassava --- storage --- PPD --- starch --- shelf-life --- postharvest losses --- biorational pesticides --- chemical profile --- fumigant toxicity --- modeling --- optimization --- S. hortensis --- S. intermedia --- n/a

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This new MDPI book should be of interest to a wide range of readers. Students of a variety of faculties, employees of the food industry, producers of functional food, farmers, and nutritionists will certainly be interested. The book provides new information on legumes, their nutritional value, the content of biologically active compounds, and changes in the activity of these compounds as a result of the application of various technological processes. The book will not only increase the knowledge of readers but also potentially motivate them to change their diets by including legumes on the menu. According to nutritionists' recommendations, such a change has a positive effect on health.

Technology: general issues --- endogenous enzyme --- phenolic compounds --- ultra-high performance liquid chromatography --- response surface methodology --- beans --- iron --- zinc and copper bioaccessibility --- myo-inositol phosphates --- anti-nutrients --- polyphenols --- household processing --- peanut-oil --- food-analysis --- peanut-oil-adulteration --- infrared-spectroscopy --- partial-least-regression-analysis --- food-quality-assurance --- mesquite --- Prosopis laevigata --- extrusion --- radical scavenging capacity --- apigenin --- tempeh --- Phaseolus vulgaris L. --- nutritional value --- sensory analysis --- Glycine max L. --- grass pea --- Lathyrus sativus --- antioxidant activity --- n/a

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This new MDPI book should be of interest to a wide range of readers. Students of a variety of faculties, employees of the food industry, producers of functional food, farmers, and nutritionists will certainly be interested. The book provides new information on legumes, their nutritional value, the content of biologically active compounds, and changes in the activity of these compounds as a result of the application of various technological processes. The book will not only increase the knowledge of readers but also potentially motivate them to change their diets by including legumes on the menu. According to nutritionists' recommendations, such a change has a positive effect on health.

Technology: general issues --- endogenous enzyme --- phenolic compounds --- ultra-high performance liquid chromatography --- response surface methodology --- beans --- iron --- zinc and copper bioaccessibility --- myo-inositol phosphates --- anti-nutrients --- polyphenols --- household processing --- peanut-oil --- food-analysis --- peanut-oil-adulteration --- infrared-spectroscopy --- partial-least-regression-analysis --- food-quality-assurance --- mesquite --- Prosopis laevigata --- extrusion --- radical scavenging capacity --- apigenin --- tempeh --- Phaseolus vulgaris L. --- nutritional value --- sensory analysis --- Glycine max L. --- grass pea --- Lathyrus sativus --- antioxidant activity

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Legume crops provide a significant sources of plant-based proteins for humans. Grain legumes present outstanding nutritional and nutraceutical properties as sources of bioactive components with benefits in human health, while they are affordable food that contributes to achieving future food and feed security. Furthermore, they are major ingredients in the Mediterranean diet, playing a vital role in developing countries. Global food security requires a major re-focusing of plant sciences, crop improvement and production agronomy towards grain legumes (pulse crops) over coming decades, with intensive research to identify cultivars with improved grain characteristics, helping to develop novel legume-derived products (foods) adapted to today consumer preference. In this context, studies dealing with legume processing impact such as soaking, boiling, microwave cooking, germination, and fermentation among others, in their nutritional and anti-nutritional (i.e., food allergy) properties are of great interest in these future food developments. This Research Topic aims to bring together a collection of studies for a better understanding of current research in legume seed compounds functional properties to provide an updated and global vision of the importance of legumes in human health.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- Lens --- protein --- amino acid --- legume --- functionality --- bioactive peptides --- gluten-free --- legumes --- faba beans --- fermentation --- textural properties --- nutritional properties --- wattle seed species --- nutritional profile --- sensory profile --- gel electrophoresis --- vicilin --- 7S-globulins --- food allergens --- Lup an 1 --- sweet lupin species --- food labelling --- processed food --- defatted soybean flour --- jet mill --- super-fine powder --- tofu --- quantitative descriptive analysis --- texture profile analysis --- volatiles --- fatty acids --- characterisation --- fingerprinting --- multivariate data analysis --- lupin --- plant protein --- aroma profile --- techno-functional properties --- lactobacteria --- foam --- SDS-PAGE --- solubility --- emulsifying capacity --- pea protein --- lactic acid bacteria --- yeast --- beany --- green --- soybean --- allergens --- allergenicity --- genetically modified --- Gly m 7 --- galactooligosaccharides --- GOS --- gut microbiota --- pea --- prebiotic --- raffinose oligosaccharides --- short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) --- pulses --- health benefits --- processing --- microbiota --- sensory properties

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Legume crops provide a significant sources of plant-based proteins for humans. Grain legumes present outstanding nutritional and nutraceutical properties as sources of bioactive components with benefits in human health, while they are affordable food that contributes to achieving future food and feed security. Furthermore, they are major ingredients in the Mediterranean diet, playing a vital role in developing countries. Global food security requires a major re-focusing of plant sciences, crop improvement and production agronomy towards grain legumes (pulse crops) over coming decades, with intensive research to identify cultivars with improved grain characteristics, helping to develop novel legume-derived products (foods) adapted to today consumer preference. In this context, studies dealing with legume processing impact such as soaking, boiling, microwave cooking, germination, and fermentation among others, in their nutritional and anti-nutritional (i.e., food allergy) properties are of great interest in these future food developments. This Research Topic aims to bring together a collection of studies for a better understanding of current research in legume seed compounds functional properties to provide an updated and global vision of the importance of legumes in human health.

Lens --- protein --- amino acid --- legume --- functionality --- bioactive peptides --- gluten-free --- legumes --- faba beans --- fermentation --- textural properties --- nutritional properties --- wattle seed species --- nutritional profile --- sensory profile --- gel electrophoresis --- vicilin --- 7S-globulins --- food allergens --- Lup an 1 --- sweet lupin species --- food labelling --- processed food --- defatted soybean flour --- jet mill --- super-fine powder --- tofu --- quantitative descriptive analysis --- texture profile analysis --- volatiles --- fatty acids --- characterisation --- fingerprinting --- multivariate data analysis --- lupin --- plant protein --- aroma profile --- techno-functional properties --- lactobacteria --- foam --- SDS-PAGE --- solubility --- emulsifying capacity --- pea protein --- lactic acid bacteria --- yeast --- beany --- green --- soybean --- allergens --- allergenicity --- genetically modified --- Gly m 7 --- galactooligosaccharides --- GOS --- gut microbiota --- pea --- prebiotic --- raffinose oligosaccharides --- short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) --- pulses --- health benefits --- processing --- microbiota --- sensory properties