Abstract
Fruits and vegetables are one of the most abundantly produced agricultural commodities, and their processing operations generate a substantial quantity of waste, posing a variety of challenges to environmental sustainability. However, these wastes contain a wide range of health-promoting compounds that can be utilized to improve the nutraceutical and functional characteristics of food products. Besides, various high-value chemicals and bioproducts can be produced from fruits and vegetable wastes. In this regard, the wastes generated from fruit and vegetable processing can not only be a sustainable bioresource for the nutraceutical and functional food industry but can also be a promising feedstock for biorefinery. Hence, this chapter provides an overview of recent trends in the utilization of fruit and vegetable waste in the recovery of bioactive compounds and their utilization as nutraceutical and functional ingredients. In addition, the chapter also covers the valorization of these wastes for the production of speciality chemicals.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Fruit and Vegetable Waste Utilization and Sustainability |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 21-41 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323917438 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780323972505 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
Keywords
- Speciality chemicals
- agricultural products
- biological substances
- chemical compound
- fruit and vegetable
- functional foods
- nutraceuticals
- sustainability
- waste