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. 2022 Dec 14:1–19. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s43615-022-00243-0

Table 1.

Some examples of more recent articles published regarding application of the ReSOLVE framework in the food chain in the period of 2017–2022

ReSOLVE action Examples References
Regenerate • Food production associating plantation or cattle raising with agro forestry [48]
• Integration of carbon capture and food/biomass production [49]
• Use of alternative proteins in food formulation [50]
Share • Shared food manufacturing facilities [51]
• Food-sharing platforms to share surplus food [52]
• Shared practices in food waste management [53]
Optimize • Energetic optimization in food processes [54, 55]
• Food production optimization with minimization of food losses [56]
• Technologies to increase traceability and decrease food losses [57]
Loop • Returnable packages technologies and management [58, 59]
• Reutilization of food residues for production of other non-food materials, including biofuels [35, 6063]
• Extraction of bioactive compounds from food residues [64]
• Extraction of macronutrients from food residues [65]
Virtualise • Online food shopping technologies [66]
• Food formulation using virtual reality [67]
• Use of GIS (Geographical Information System), big data, and other 4.0 Industry technologies to monitor food chain, avoiding losses and increasing quality [6873]
Exchange • Replacement of non-renewable solvents or other feedstock by renewable/more sustainable chemicals for food production [74]
• Food formulation by 3D printing [75]
• Replacement of non-renewable energy sources by renewable ones in food processes [76]