The "Applied Food Biotechnology (AFB)" is an international peer reviewed Quarterly open access journal and is owned by the National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and is approved by Journals Commission of the Iranian Ministry of Sciences, Researches and Technologies. The journal publishes articles on Biochemical and Bioprocess Engineering (for food production, fortification, safety, etc); Metabolic and Genetic Engineering in Food Science; Food Microbiology; Nanobiotechnology in Food Science and Technology; Biopolymers as Food Packaging Materials; Role of Microorganisms in Waste Treatment of Food Industries.