Font, Maria

Researcher at Quality and food technology programme

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Publications

  • How local pig breed and processing methods affect consumer preferences for dry-cured ham

    Savic, Bojana; Skrlep, Martin; Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Candek-Potokar, Marjeta

    Meat Science. 2026 10.1016/j.meatsci.2025.109964
  • Bones, reproductive organs and carcass characteristics of entire, early and late immunocastrated male pigs

    Bozickovic, I; Radojkovic, D; Savic, R; Popovac, M; Brun, A; Soler, J; Lizardo, R; Font-i-Furnols, M

  • "Real Meat, Real Care"-71st International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST), August 2025, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

    Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Gou, Pere

    Meat Science. 2026 10.1016/j.meatsci.2025.109965
  • Carcass quality and performance of Duroc x Iberian pigs fed a dried olive pulp diet during the growing phase

    Palma-Granados, Patricia; Munoz, Maria; Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Fernandez-Barroso, Miguel A; Lopez-Garcia, Adrian; Brun, Albert; Gonzalez-Sanchez,...

    Spanish Journal Of Agricultural Research. 2025 10.5424/sjar/2025233-21520
  • Discrimination of normal and wooden breast chicken fillets using NIR, fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy

    Muñoz-Lapeira, M; Lintvedt, TA; Sanden, KW; Afseth, NK; Zomeño, C; Font-i-Furnols, M; Jofre, A; Wold, JP

    Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular And Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 2025 10.1016/j.saa.2025.126463
  • Eco-Efficiency Indicators in Traditional Iberian Pig Farms in the Dehesa Ecosystem: Integrated Economic and Environmental Performance

    García-Gudiño, J; Perea, J; Font-i-Furnols, M; Angon, E; Blanco-Penedo, I

    Agriculture-Basel . 2025 10.3390/agriculture15232515
  • Evaluation of organ and skeletal physiological characteristics for improved classification of growth-restricted newborn piglets

    Salgado-López, P; Llauradó-Calero, E; García-Vilana, S; Sánchez-Molina, D; Brun, A; Font-i-Furnols, M; Gasa, J; Solà-Oriol, D

    Scientific Reports. 2025 10.1038/s41598-025-16687-x
  • Transforming Hyperspectral Images Into Chemical Maps: A Novel End-to-End Deep Learning Approach

    Engstrom, Ole-Christian Galbo; Albano-Gaglio, Michela; Dreier, Erik Schou; Bouzembrak, Yamine; Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Mishra, Puneet; Pedersen, Kim...

    Journal Of Chemometrics. 2025 10.1002/cem.70041
  • Visible near-infrared hyperspectral imaging as a tool to characterise chicken breasts with myopathies and their durability

    Munoz-Lapeira, Miriam; Wold, Jens Petter; Jofre, Anna; Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Sayavera, Susana; Zomeno, Cristina

    Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular And Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 2025 10.1016/j.saa.2025.125954
  • Effects of Wet Aging, Dry Bag Aging, and Stepwise Aging Methods on Meat Quality and Sensory Attributes of Steaks From Pasture and Grain Finished Steers

    Correa, Daniela; del Campo, Marcia; Luzardo, Santiago; de Souza, Guillermo; Alvarez, Carlos; Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Brito, Gustavo

    Meat And Muscle Biology. 2025 10.22175/mmb.18055
  • Calibration of visible and near-infrared spectral imaging technology to predict the quality evolution of retail fresh pork bellies with different fat content

    Albano-Gaglio, Michela; Esquerre, Carlos A; O'Donnell, Colm P; Munoz, Israel; Elmasry, Gamal; Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Tejeda, Juan F; Brun, Albert;...

    Food Research International. 2025 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.115350
  • Breast myopathy co-occurrence and its impact on carcass and meat quality attributes in broiler chickens

    Munoz-Lapeira, Miriam; Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Brun, Albert; Jofre, Anna; Botella, Marcos; Zomeno, Cristina

    Poultry Science. 2025 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104625
  • An overview of drivers and emotions of meat consumption

    Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Guerrero, Luis

    Meat Science. 2025 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109619
  • Pork quality and histological properties of longissimus muscle from boars and early and late immunocastrated pigs

    Bozickovic, I; Savic, R; Panella-Riera, N; Radojkovic, D; Brun, A; Furnols, MFI

    Meat Science. 2025 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109688
  • Visible and near-infrared spectral imaging combined with robust regression for predicting firmness, fatness, and compositional properties of fresh pork bellies

    Albano-Gaglio, M; Mishra, P; Erasmus, SW; Tejeda, JF; Brun, A; Marcos, B; Zomeño, C; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Meat Science. 2025 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109645
  • The role of carcass processing (hot vs. cold boning) on pork belly morphological and mechanical characteristics

    Zomeño, C; Albano-Gaglio, M; Brun, A; Marcos, B; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Meat Science. 2024 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109632
  • Tailor-made packaging strategies of fresh pork belly with different fat content: Enhancing shelf life while minimizing environmental impact

    Marcos, B; Quinteiro, P; Albano-Gaglio, M; Muñoz, I; Claret, A; Guerrero, L; Lloret, E; Tejeda, JF; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Meat Science. 2024 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109627
  • X-Ray Computed Tomography Meets Robust Chemometric Latent Space Modeling for Lean Meat Percentage Prediction in Pig Carcasses

    Mishra, P; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Journal Of Chemometrics. 2024 10.1002/cem.3591
  • Consumer animal welfare and healthy perception of fresh sausages' fiber fat replaced and elaborated with meat from non-castrated male pigs

    Egea, M; Garrido, MD; Font-i-Furnols, M; Panella-Riera, N; Linares, MB; Peñaranda, I

    Food Science And Nutrition. 2024 10.1002/fsn3.4278
  • A short note on deep contextual spatial and spectral information fusion for hyperspectral image processing: Case of pork belly properties prediction

    Mishra, P; Albano-Gaglio, M; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Journal Of Chemometrics. 2024 10.1002/cem.3552
  • Pork belly quality variation and its association with fatness level

    Albano-Gaglio, M; Zomeño, C; Tejeda, JF; Brun, A; Gispert, M; Marcos, B; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Meat Science. 2024 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109482
  • Impact of Aging Methods and Frozen Storage on Beef Quality Attributes from Different Finishing Diets

    Correa, D; del Campo, M; Luzardo, S; de Souza, G; Alvarez, C; Font-i-Furnols, M; Brito, G

    Meat And Muscle Biology. 2024 10.22175/mmb.17695
  • Challenges and future perspectives for the European grading of pig carcasses - A quality view

    Candek-Potokar, M; Lebret, B; Gispert, M; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Meat Science. 2024 10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109390
  • Effect of protein-restricted diet during growing period on performance and carcass quality traits of Duroc x Iberian crossbred barrows under different management conditions

    Palma-Granados, Patricia; Garcia-Casco, Juan M; Font-i-Furnols, Maria; Munoz, Maria; Fernandez-Barroso, Miguel A; Caraballo, Carmen; Lopez-Garcia,...

    Livestock Science. 2024 10.1016/j.livsci.2023.105374
  • Near infrared sensors for the precise characterization of salt content in canned tuna fish

    Fulladosa, E; Barnés-Calle, C; Cruz, J; Martínez, B; Giró-Candanedo, M; Comaposada, J; Font-i-Furnols, M; Gou, P

    Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular And Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 2023 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123217
  • The effect of immunocastration of male and female Duroc pigs on the morphological, mechanical and compositional characteristics of pork belly

    Font-i-Furnols, M; Albano-Gaglio, M; Brun, A; Tejeda, JF; Gispert, M; Marcos, B; Zomeño, C

    Meat Science. 2023 10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109263
  • Consumer perception of entire male pork coated with spiced edible films as a new product to mask boar taint

    Garrido, MD; Egea, M; Font-i-Furnols, M; Linares, MB; Peñaranda, I

    Meat Science. 2023 10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109171
  • Meat Consumption, Sustainability and Alternatives: An Overview of Motives and Barriers

    Font-i-Furnols, Maria

    Foods. 2023 10.3390/foods12112144
  • A matter of body weight and sex type: Pig carcass chemical composition and pork quality

    Zomen, C; Gispert, M; Candek-Potokar, M; Morlein, D; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Meat Science. 2023 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.109077
  • Can sensory boar taint levels be explained by fatty acid composition and emitted volatile organic compounds in addition to androstenone and skatole content?

    Burgeon, C; Font-I-Furnols, M; Garrido, MD; Linares, MB; Brostaux, Y; Sabeña, G; Fauconnier, ML; Panella-Riera, N

    Meat Science. 2023 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108985
  • Effects of nomadic grazing system and indoor concentrate feeding systems on performance, behavior, blood parameters, and meat quality of finishing lambs

    Sadrarhami, I; Alikhani, M; Ghasemi, E; Mahdavi, AH; Soltanizadeh, N; Font-I-Furnols, M; Ghaffari, MH

  • Understanding the future meat consumers

    Font-i-Furnols, M; Guerrero, L

    Meat Science. 2022 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108941
  • Productive performance and in vivo body composition across the growing and finishing period and carcass traits in pigs of four sex types

    Zomeño, C; Gispert, M; Brun, A; Carabús, A; Soler, J; Font-I-Furnols, M

    Meat Science. 2022 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108909
  • Spanish perspective on meat consumption and consumer attitudes

    Font-i-Furnols, M; Guerrero, L

    Meat Science. 2022 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108874
  • Serbian, Croatian and Spanish consumers' beliefs towards artisan cheese

    Miloradovic, Z; Blazic, M; Barukcic, I; Furnols, MFI; Smigic, N; Tomasevic, I; Miocinovic, J

    British Food Journal. 2022 10.1108/BFJ-04-2021-0409
  • Characterization of Three Different Mediterranean Beef Fattening Systems: Performance, Behavior, and Carcass and Meat Quality

    Sánchez, D; Marti, S; Verdú, M; González, J; Font-i-Furnols, M; Devant, M

    Animals. 2022 10.3390/ani12151960
  • Consumer evaluation of meat quality from barrows, immunocastrates and boars in six countries

    Aluwe, M; Heyrman, E; Kostyra, E; Zakowska-Biemans, S; Almeida, J; Citek, J; Font-i-Furnols, M; Moreira, O; Zadinova, K; Tudoreanu, L; Lin-Schistra,...

  • Consumers' Expectations about Meat from Surgical Castrated or Immunocastrated Male and Female Iberian Pigs

    Font-i-Furnols, M; Claret, A; Guerrero, L; Dalmau, A

    Animals. 2022 10.3390/ani12040468
  • Crude and acid oils from olive pomace as alternative fat sources in growing-finishing pigs

    Verge-Mèrida, G; Barroeta, AC; Guardiola, F; Verdú, M; Balart, M; Font-I-Furnols, M; Solà-Oriol, D

  • Recent advances in meat color research

    Tomasevic, I; Djekic, I; Font-i-Furnols, M; Terjung, N; Lorenzo, JM

    Current Opinion In Food Science. 2021 10.1016/j.cofs.2021.02.012
  • Exploring Sustainable Food Choices Factors and Purchasing Behavior in the Sustainable Development Goals Era in Spain

    Blanco-Penedo, I; García-Gudiño, J; Angón, E; Perea, JM; Escribano, AJ; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Sustainability. 2021 10.3390/su13137397
  • Effects of Exogenous 6-Phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) Supplementation on Performance, Calcium and Phosphorous Digestibility, and Bone Mineralisation and Density in Weaned Piglets

    Tous, N; Tarradas, J; Francesch, M; Font-i-Furnols, M; Ader, P; Torrallardona, D

    Animals. 2021 10.3390/ani11061787
  • Non-destructive evaluation of carcass and ham traits and meat quality assessment applied to early and late immunocastrated Iberian pigs

    Font-i-Furnols, M; García-Gudiño, J; Izquierdo, M; Brun, A; Gispert, M; Blanco-Penedo, ; Hernández-García, F

  • Consumer liking of M. longissimus lumborum from New Zealand pasture-finished lamb is influenced by intramuscular fat

    Realini, CE; Pavan, E; Johnson, PL; Font-I-Furnols, M; Jacob, N; Agnew, M; Craigie, CR; Moon, CD

    Meat Science. 2021 10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108380
  • Analysis of the Sustainability of Fattening Systems for Iberian Traditional Pig Production through a Technical and Environmental Approach

    García-Gudiño, J; Blanco-Penedo, I; Font-i-Furnols, M; Angón, E; Perea, JM

    Animals. 2021 10.3390/ani11020411
  • Understanding consumers' perceptions towards Iberian pig production and animal welfare

    García-Gudiño, J; Blanco-Penedo, I; Gispert, M; Brun, A; Perea, J; Font-i-Furnols, M

    Meat Science. 2021 10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108317
  • Prediction of tissue composition of live dairy calves and carcasses by computed tomography

    Font-i-Furnols, M; Terre, M; Brun, A; Vidal, M; Bach, A

    Livestock Science. 2021 10.1016/j.livsci.2020.104371
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