Pinela, JoséPereira, CarlaDias, Maria InêsBarros, Lillian2018-05-022018-05-022023Pinela, José; Pereira, Carla; Dias, Maria Inês; Barros, Lillian (2023). Functional foods processing and preservation. Food Bioscience. eISSN 2212-4306. 53, p. 1-32212-4292http://hdl.handle.net/10198/17549Functional foods have a nutritive value and appearance similar to conventional foods, but they bring additional health-promoting effects and/or disease-preventing capabilities when consumed as part of a varied daily diet. These can occur naturally or be developed through processing or agro-biotechnological strategies. However, modified or not, they must always be safe, without any consideration of a trade-off between health benefit and health risk (Pinela et al., 2016). Nowadays, processing and preserving functional foods, whether solid or liquid, is a major scientific challenge since the factors involved can lead to the degradation of micronutrients and bioactive compounds and affect physicochemical parameters.engFunctional foodsProcessing functional foodsPreserving functional foodsFood sectorFunctional foods processing and preservationother10.1016/j.fbio.2023.1026642212-4306