Forging new frontiers in sustainable food manufacturing
(2017) 4th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, SDM 2017 In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies 68. p.13-24- Abstract
One of the most prominent challenges commonly acknowledged by modern manufacturing industries is “how to produce more with fewer resources?” Nowhere is this more true than in the food sector due to the recent concerns regarding the long-term availability and security of food products. The unique attributes of food products such as the need for fresh perishable ingredients, health risks associated with inappropriate production environment, stringent storage and distributions requirements together with relatively short post-production shelf-life makes their preparation, production and supply considerably different to other manufactured goods. Furthermore, the impacts of climate change on our ability to produce food, the rapidly increasing... (More)
One of the most prominent challenges commonly acknowledged by modern manufacturing industries is “how to produce more with fewer resources?” Nowhere is this more true than in the food sector due to the recent concerns regarding the long-term availability and security of food products. The unique attributes of food products such as the need for fresh perishable ingredients, health risks associated with inappropriate production environment, stringent storage and distributions requirements together with relatively short post-production shelf-life makes their preparation, production and supply considerably different to other manufactured goods. Furthermore, the impacts of climate change on our ability to produce food, the rapidly increasing global population, as well as changes in demand and dietary behaviours both within developed and developing countries urgently demands a need to change the way we grow, manufacture and consume our food products. This paper discusses a number of key research challenges facing modern food manufacturers, including improved productivity using fewer resources, valorisation of food waste, improving the resilience of food supply chains, localisation of food production, and utilisation of new sustainable sources of nutrition for provision of customised food products.
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- author
- Rahimifard, Shahin
; Woolley, Elliot
; Webb, D. Patrick
; Garcia-Garcia, Guillermo
; Stone, Jamie
; Jellil, Aicha
; Gimenez-Escalante, Pedro
; Jagtap, Sandeep
LU
and Trollman, Hana
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Provision of customised food products, Resilience in food supply, Resource efficient food manufacturing, Valorisation of food waste
- host publication
- Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 : Selected papers on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing - Selected papers on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing
- series title
- Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
- editor
- Howlett, Robert J. ; Campana, Giampaolo ; Cimatti, Barbara and Setchi, Rossi
- volume
- 68
- pages
- 12 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- 4th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, SDM 2017
- conference location
- Bologna, Italy
- conference dates
- 2017-04-26 - 2017-04-28
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85018420488
- ISSN
- 2190-3018
- 2190-3026
- ISBN
- 9783319570778
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_2
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
- id
- 85cfa77b-ce0d-4fd2-a126-dc01032f4636
- date added to LUP
- 2023-09-17 19:05:36
- date last changed
- 2025-04-04 15:06:15
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