Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11020686
Keywords
nonthermal food processing technologies; Food Industry 4; 0; sustainability; zero emission; sustainable development goals; SWOT analysis
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- Croatian Science Foundation: High voltage discharges for green solvent extraction of bioactive compounds from Mediterranean herbs [IP-2016-06-1913]
- Young researchers' career development project-training of doctoral students of the Croatian Science Foundation - European Union from the European Social Fund
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With the introduction of Industry 4.0 and the development of smart factories, there are increasing opportunities to implement elements of Industry 4.0 in nonthermal processing. The application of IoT is ushering in a new era for nonthermal food processing technologies, driving the combination of smart sensors, AI, big data, and nonthermal processing technologies with a strong emphasis on sustainability.
With the introduction of Industry 4.0, and smart factories accordingly, there are new opportunities to implement elements of industry 4.0 in nonthermal processing. Moreover, with application of Internet of things (IoT), smart control of the process, big data optimization, as well as sustainable production and monitoring, there is a new era of Internet of nonthermal food processing technologies (IoNTP). Nonthermal technologies include high power ultrasound, pulsed electric fields, high voltage electrical discharge, high pressure processing, UV-LED, pulsed light, e-beam, and advanced thermal food processing techniques include microwave processing, ohmic heating and high-pressure homogenization. The aim of this review was to bring in front necessity to evaluate possibilities of implementing smart sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, additive technologies with nonthermal technologies, with the possibility to create smart factories together with strong emphasis on sustainability. This paper brings an overview on digitalization, IoT, additive technologies (3D printing), cloud data storage and smart sensors including two SWOT analysis associated with IoNTPs and sustainability. It is of high importance to perform life cycle assessment (LCA), to quantify (En)-environmental dimension; (So)-social dimension and (Ec)-economic dimension. SWOT analysis showed: potential for energy saving during food processing; optimized overall environmental performance; lower manufacturing cost; development of eco-friendly products; higher level of health and safety during food processing and better work condition for workers. Nonthermal and advanced thermal technologies can be applied also as sustainable techniques working in line with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030 issued by United Nations (UN).
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