Global Population Growth, Carrying Capacity, and High-Quality Foods in Industrial Revolutions Epoch

The report presents a discussion regarding food requirements in the Anthropocene epoch, examining the im-pact on global population growth. It recalls the recently introduced Super-Malthus and Verhulst-type scal-ings, the carrying capacity concept, and the Condorcet equation linking the mentioned properties. The exten-sion of the latter, introducing the per capita relative growth rate, is proposed. The report focuses particularly on the last 2 centuries, i.e., the Industrial Revolutions epoch with the global population boost. The Condor-cet-based analysis indicates the transition to the development phase with significant sensitivity to current global limitations, including the carrying capacity, after 1965. The report particularly focuses on the most important factor shaping the carrying capacity over the millennia, i.e., food, with special attention to preser-vation-related innovations. Global, even pandemic, threats resulting from current preservation technologies are indicated. It creates the call for an innovative change. The unique possibilities of high-pressure processing (HPP) are presented in this context, including the newly found next-generation innovation: colossal baro-caloric effect (CBE) coupled HPP. After millennia of focusing on securing sufficient food amount, the possibil-ity of food processing in line with the expectations of the sustainable society of the 5th Industrial Revolutions era appears.