Abstract
This paper focuses on the development and evolution, quality improvement and research progress in the rapidly emerging area of new detection technologies of special foods for use in space and to some extent aviation. The quality improvement aspects covered in this review ranged from the special food processing technology, sterilization treatment and product packaging to new detection technologies for quality assurance based on DNA microarray technology, sensor, imaging technology, carbon nanotubes and novel probe technology.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Table 1. Comparison of several space functional foods.
Table 2. Comparison of various space foods.
Table 3. Several aviation food packages.
Table 4. Comparison of various detection methods.
Figure 1. Space food on China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft.
(http://war.163.com/photoview/4T8E0001/28319.html#p=8DUNJ81H4T8E0001).
![Figure 1. Space food on China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft.(http://war.163.com/photoview/4T8E0001/28319.html#p=8DUNJ81H4T8E0001).](/cms/asset/63aabf5a-158d-465e-8abf-0c7167d10f6c/bfsn_a_2117129_f0001_c.jpg)
Figure 2. Astronaut eats in spacecraft (Kerwin and Seddon Citation2002).
![Figure 2. Astronaut eats in spacecraft (Kerwin and Seddon Citation2002).](/cms/asset/7670ee21-ab7e-475f-9f8c-ee6ee858b3c0/bfsn_a_2117129_f0002_b.jpg)
Figure 5. V
iew of food packets for the Gemini 7 space flight packaged and ready for loading on the Gemini spacecraft (Levi Citation2010).
![Figure 5. View of food packets for the Gemini 7 space flight packaged and ready for loading on the Gemini spacecraft (Levi Citation2010).](/cms/asset/e3553639-8238-482c-bfa1-df93ae0f7bb3/bfsn_a_2117129_f0003_c.jpg)
Figure 3. Dehydrated food and water injection device on the Gemini 4 spacecraft (Long et al. Citation2022).
![Figure 3. Dehydrated food and water injection device on the Gemini 4 spacecraft (Long et al. Citation2022).](/cms/asset/a77e03d8-7741-42c9-b2fa-11298b8830c3/bfsn_a_2117129_f0004_c.jpg)
Figure 4. Application of food 3D printing technology in space food (H. W. Kim and Rhee Citation2020).
![Figure 4. Application of food 3D printing technology in space food (H. W. Kim and Rhee Citation2020).](/cms/asset/d2f76524-874f-4ebf-877e-1f797f9a945c/bfsn_a_2117129_f0005_c.jpg)
Funding
We acknowledge the financial supports from the National Key R&D Program of China (Contract No. 2017YFD0400501), 111 Project (BP0719028), Jiangsu Province (China) “Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control,” Industry Development Program, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory Project of Advanced Food Manufacturing Equipment and Technology (No. FMZ202003), National First-Class Discipline Program of Food Science and Technology (No. JUFSTR20180205), all of which enabled us to carry out this study.