TY - JOUR
T1 - Food additives from fruit and vegetable by-products and bio-residues
T2 - a comprehensive review focused on sustainability
AU - Ueda, Jonata M.
AU - Pedrosa, Mariana C.
AU - Heleno, Sandrina A.
AU - Carocho, Márcio
AU - Ferreira, Isabel C. F. R.
AU - Barros, Lillian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/5/1
Y1 - 2022/5/1
N2 - Food waste is one of the fundamental issues when it comes to environmental impacts, and this type of waste results in the food’s loss itself, but also that of water, energy, fertilizers, and other resources used for its production. Many vegetable parts are removed from the final product before reaching retail (peels, roots, and seeds), and these raw materials are rich sources of highly valuable molecules such as phytochemicals, minerals, vitamins, and other compounds with health benefits (prevention of several diseases, improvement of the immune system, regulating gastrointestinal transit, and others). Therefore, substantial efforts have been made to find technological solutions to avoid food waste, namely through its reuse in the food chain, thus promoting the circular economy and sustainability. This review focuses on the biggest wastes generated by the food industry, the most common destinations, and case studies applying these by-products or biowaste in the food industry.
AB - Food waste is one of the fundamental issues when it comes to environmental impacts, and this type of waste results in the food’s loss itself, but also that of water, energy, fertilizers, and other resources used for its production. Many vegetable parts are removed from the final product before reaching retail (peels, roots, and seeds), and these raw materials are rich sources of highly valuable molecules such as phytochemicals, minerals, vitamins, and other compounds with health benefits (prevention of several diseases, improvement of the immune system, regulating gastrointestinal transit, and others). Therefore, substantial efforts have been made to find technological solutions to avoid food waste, namely through its reuse in the food chain, thus promoting the circular economy and sustainability. This review focuses on the biggest wastes generated by the food industry, the most common destinations, and case studies applying these by-products or biowaste in the food industry.
KW - Biowaste
KW - By-products
KW - Food additives
KW - Fruits
KW - Sustainability
KW - Vegetables
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129014755&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su14095212
DO - 10.3390/su14095212
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85129014755
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 14
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
IS - 9
M1 - 5212
ER -