Food Frontiers Template
Get your Food Frontiers paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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How to Use the Food Frontiers Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 11 August, 2026
Submitting to Food Frontiers goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Food Frontiers guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
What is the Food Frontiers Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Food Frontiers. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Food Frontiers journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Food Frontiers submission:
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Food Frontiers guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Food Frontiers guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Food Frontiers Template include?
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page. The SciSpace Agent prompt screen opens with the template loaded.
- Use the loaded template, or upload a version your group already uses for Food Frontiers.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Food Frontiers guide for authors.
- Run the prompt. The agent drafts into the correct structure and reference style.
- Use View Outputs to verify required statements and formatting are present.
- Export and submit through the journal's submission system.
Food Frontiers Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Food Frontiers requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Original Articles, Review Articles, Short Communication: Abstract of no more than 260 words containing major keywords, stating the main problem, methods, results, and conclusions (must be factual and comprehensive). Highlights: Not required (maximum 1,500 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures). Editorials: Not required. Profiles: Not required. Letters: required but no specific word limit stated beyond general 260-word guideline |
| Main text | Original Articles: Recommended to keep within 5,000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures (no strict limit). Review Articles: Recommended to keep within 8,000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures (no strict limit). Highlights: Maximum 1,500 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figures. Editorials: 1,000 words maximum. Profiles: 1,200 words maximum. Short Communication: 4,000 words maximum from introduction to conclusion (not including references). Letters: About 3,500 words |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 3-6 keywords most relevant to contents. Required for Original Articles, Review Articles, Highlights, Short Communication, and Letters. Not required for Editorials and Profiles |
| References | American Psychological Association (APA) reference style. For Highlights article type: Maximum of 35 references |
| Peer review | Single-blind peer review (stated as: 'Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed.') |
| Submission | authors.wiley.com/journal/FFT2 |
Quick Tips for Using the Food Frontiers Template
Read the Food Frontiers guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Food Frontiers in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Food Frontiers papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Food Frontiers journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the Food Frontiers guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
