Fruit and Vegetables are an essential part of the human diet, and they are increasingly consumed as processed products. The aim of this symposium is to identify recent advances and new knowledge on fruit and vegetable processing. It brings together academics, transfer organisations and R&D researchers of the F&V processing industries, around the same research topics. •Nutritional qualities of processed products •Consumer's perception & expectations •Microbial and chemical safety and quality •Innovative and sustainable processes