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Manuel Laínez1 \* and María Jesús Periago2

1 Laínez Biotrends Strategic Consulting, Valencia, Spain

2 Department of Food Technology, Food Science and Nutrition, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

\*Address all correspondence to: mlainezandres@gmail.com

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