Checklist

Instructions to Authors

• I read the requirements for manuscript submission and the guidelines for manuscript preparation. This manuscript was written according to the guidelines.
• The authors' institutions and the funding body supporting this research have agreed to allow this article to be published.
• This article has not been published previously in any other journal. Currently, it is not submitted to another journal for publication.
• The manuscript is neatly prepared with the main sections labeled (e.g., Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgments, and References).
• The Copyright Transfer Agreement Form has been signed.
• The authors must attach the Certificate of English Proofreading. Instead, the native English-speaking authors can sign and submit the form prepared by the journal.
• Only corresponding author is allowed to submit the manuscript.

Manuscript Format

• The pages are numbered consecutively beginning with the title page.
• The lines are numbered consecutively beginning with the first line of the title page.
• All references are formatted according to the citation style described in the Food and Life instructions for authors.
• Each entry in the reference list is cited in the text.
• All tables and figures are numbered consecutively in the order of their initial citation in the text.
• All tables and figures are referenced within the text.