ACTA  UNIVERSITATIS CIBINIENSIS, Series  E : Food  Technology (AUCFT) is an open access, peer-reviewed international scientific journal that publishes papers covering a wide range of topics in  the  following areas:
·       food technology and engineering;
·       food chemistry and biochemistry;
·       food biotechnology;
·       food microbiology;
·       quality assurance and food safety;
·       management of modern food processing;
·       food control and expertise;
·       food additives;
·       food innovation and products design;
·       functional foods;
·       food packaging and storage;
·       cleaner production, products and services;
·       modelling, simulation and optimization of food processes;
·       strategies and policies in the food industry;
·       education and sustainable development in the food industry;
·       food ecology and waste treatment;
·       human and animal nutrition.
The journal will publish:
-         original research  papers and short  communications describing important new discoveries or further developments in the above-mentioned topics;
-         reviews, mainly of new rapidly developing areas of food technology and related  fields;
-         special themed issues on relevant topics;
-         short presentations of the doctoral thesis finished by PhD-students coordinated by professors from “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania in the fields of food technology, food engineering or biotechnology.
Particularly welcome are papers showing how research results can be used in food technology and engineering and experimental or theoretical research work bringing new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating directions for future research in the food area.

The journal is recognized by the Romanian Journal Accreditation Board (UEFISCSU) and is indexed in international databases.  
Papers are in English. They are accessible on internet.
Papers are checked for plagiarism using CrossCheck System in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy.
The ethics statements for Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement).

Bibliographic Informations
Published by „Lucian Blaga“ University of Sibiu, Romania
ISSN 2344 – 1496
ISSN–L 2344 – 1496

online ISSN 2344 – 150X

Beginning with 2013, the journal is published online by DeGruyter
       http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/aucft

        Former ISSN: 1221 - 4973 (until 2012)