Yashwant Pathak, PhD, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sullivan University College of Pharmacy, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Emerging technologies in nutraceutical processing. Challenges in Scaling up nutraceuticals. Microfluidics in nutraceutical processing. Supercritical Fluid in nutraceutical processing. Microencapsulation in nutraceutical processing. Nanotechnology in nutraceutical processing. Converting Liquid products to Solids in nutraceutical processing: Phase transfer processing. cGMP's and other compliance requirements for nutraceutical processing. Worldwide performance standards for nutraceutical processing. Global regulatory trends in Unit operations, Scaling up, processing and automation. Unit operations, Scaling up, processing and automation. Modeling in scaling up and processing. Computer simulations :Automation possibilities in the field of scaling up and processing in nutraceutical processing. Homogenization in nutraceutical processing. Pelletization/Extrusion in nutraceutical processing. Continuous processing vs batch processing in Nutraceutical Processing. Fortification and value enhancement during nutraceutical processing. Sterile nutraceutical processing. Extraction/Fractionation/Purification/Modification of bio- based products in nutraceutical processing. Beyond traditional approach: value addition during nutraceutical [...] addition through processing: microencapsulation of existing nutraceuticals and applying nanotechnology in nutraceutical processing.