Food Waste Valorization

Food Waste and by-products R & D abstracts – February & March 2018 Deep eutectic solvents pretreatment of agro-industrial food waste (research) Waste biomass from agro-food industries are a reliable and readily exploitable resource. From the circular economy point of view, direct residues from these industries exploited for production of fuel/chemicals is a winning issue, […]

Food Waste and by-products R & D abstracts – April & May 2018 Food waste as a source of value‐added chemicals and materials: a biorefinery perspective (review) As the availability of fossil‐based resources declines, there is an impending necessity of finding alternative feedstock able to secure the production of fuels and chemicals. Exploitation of biomass as

Food wastes and by-products R & D abstracts – October 2017   Putting together the puzzle of consumer food waste: Towards an integral perspective (review) Although consumer food waste has increasingly received attention in both the public and the scientific domain, its complex nature is far from unraveled. This study aimed to contribute to an

Food wastes and by-products R & D abstracts – September 2017 Enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste by using mixed microbial culture (research) In Europe, almost 87.6 million tonnes of food waste are produced. Despite the high biological value of food waste, traditional management solutions do not consider it

Food wastes and by-products R & D abstracts – July & August 2017 Microbial processing of fruit and vegetable wastes into potential biocommodities: a review The review focuses on some of the high value-end biocommodities, such as fermented beverages, single-cell proteins, single-cell oils, biocolors, flavors, fragrances, polysaccharides, biopesticides, plant growth regulators, bioethanol, biogas and biohydrogen, developed

Food wastes and by-products R & D abstracts – May 2017 Biofuels from food processing wastes (review) Food processing industry generates substantial high organic wastes along with high energy uses. The recovery of food processing wastes as renewable energy sources represents a sustainable option for the substitution of fossil energy, contributing to the transition of

Food wastes and by-products R & D abstracts – April 2017 Wastes and by-products: Upcoming sources of carotenoids for biotechnological purposes and health-related applications Bioresidues valorization has gained a pivotal relevance in the last years, directly moved by consumers’ demands for heathier and safer products (food, cosmetics, supplements, drugs, and so on) and by industrial