Sustainability of Olive Oil System

• Other Authors: Alamprese, Cristina (Editor), Chiavaro, Emma (Editor), Caponio, Francesco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; extra virgin olive oil; authentication; chemometrics; proton NMR; carbon NMR; machine learning; artificial neural networks; PLS-DA; olive leaf polyphenols; encapsulation; functional food; mayonnaise; alginate/pectin beads; phenolic extract; food enrichment; olive leaves; organic; local; consumer attitude; up-cycled ingredients; by-products; generational differences; virgin olive oil; organic production; harvesting method; harvesting time; volatile compounds; olive by-product; reactive oxygen species (ROS); olive leaf; pomace; olive wastewater; clones; minor accessions; olive oil; quality; olive landrace; ripening; harvest season; antioxidants; minor compounds; oil quality; circular economy; environmental impact; global warming; valorization of waste; phenolic compounds; acidic hydrolysis; derivative UV spectroscopy; green chemistry; screening methods; health claim; antioxidant activity; olive mill wastewaters; reactive oxygen species; vascular cells; breadsticks; gluten-free; olive oil by-products; oxidation stability; electronic nose; accelerated shelf-life tests; transparent plastic material; metallized material; brown-amber glass; oxidation; stability; packaging; olive oil quality; life cycle assessment; biocompounds; shelf life; environmental sustainability; biscuits; gluten-free breadsticks; salad dressing; vegan mayonnaise; waste recovery; choice experiment (CE); extra virgin olive oil (EVOO); willingness to pay (WTP); country of origin; organic food; consumer preferences; sustainable food system; authenticity; biodiversity; differential scanning calorimetry; color; chlorophyll; geographical origin; botanical origin; principal component analysis; anaerobic codigestion; biomethane; life cycle assessment (LCA); life cycle costing (LCC); olive mill by-products; olive composition; olive cultivars; olive ripening; PLS regression model; portable device; quality parameters; sustainability; Olea europaea; kaolin; zeolitite; foliar treatments; sustainable agriculture; crop defense; autochthonous cultivars; molecular fingerprinting; polyphenol content; gene expression; fruit developmental stages; n/a; olive storage duration; oil chemical composition; sensory properties
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Sustainability, defined as 'meeting current needs without compromising the future', is a widely accepted goal across many sectors of society. Sustainability's criteria and indicators often only regard sustaining present conditions through increased resilience, intended as a system's capacity to experience shocks while retaining essentially the same functions and structures. However, new sustainability concepts, sometimes referred to as "sustainagility", also consider the properties and assets of a system that sustains the ability (agility) of agents to adapt and meet their needs in new ways, preparing for future unpredictability and unforeseen changes. Therefore, resilience must coexist with adaptive capacity for real, long-term sustainability. Consumers are paying increasing attention to the sustainability of the food supply chain; thus, sustainable development is necessary for all food processes. Since the olive oil sector has a well-established historical tradition, any change and innovation that aims to obtain a sustainable development not only needs to be analyzed in terms of environmental, economic, and social aspects, it should also be significantly improved and closely monitored. Thus, this Special Issue is a collection of papers that can increase sustainability knowledge in the olive-oil-processing chain, to take a significant step forward in future developments.