Management of Fruit Industrial By-Products—A Case Study on Circular Economy Approach
CBQF—Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina—Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal
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Academic Editors: Susana M. Cardoso and Alessia Fazio
Molecules 2020, 25(2), 320; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020320
Received: 6 December 2019
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Revised: 3 January 2020
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Accepted: 8 January 2020
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Published: 13 January 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Antioxidant Capacities of Natural Products 2019)
The management of industrial fruit by-products is important not only to decrease the volume of food waste accumulated in the landfills but also to develop strategies through reuse with the purpose to valorise and add economic value. The disposal of food waste leads to different global issues in different sectors, such as social, environmental and economical. These by-products represent a rich source of valuable compounds (polyphenols) with high antioxidant activity, which can be extracted through biotechnological methodologies for future industrial applications. In this context, the management of fruit by-products is challenged to move from a linear economy to a circular economy. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to provide a critical view of an integrated valorisation of fruit by-products to overcome a global issue, via the production of antioxidant extracts with high economic value. A case study of pineapple processing industrialization in a circular economy is explored and discussed.
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Keywords:
antioxidant activity; circular economy; fruit by-products; value add molecules; industrial application; biorefinery concept; integral valorisation
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Campos, D.A.; Gómez-García, R.; Vilas-Boas, A.A.; Madureira, A.R.; Pintado, M.M. Management of Fruit Industrial By-Products—A Case Study on Circular Economy Approach. Molecules 2020, 25, 320. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020320
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Campos DA, Gómez-García R, Vilas-Boas AA, Madureira AR, Pintado MM. Management of Fruit Industrial By-Products—A Case Study on Circular Economy Approach. Molecules. 2020; 25(2):320. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020320
Chicago/Turabian StyleCampos, Débora A., Ricardo Gómez-García, Ana A. Vilas-Boas, Ana R. Madureira, and Maria M. Pintado. 2020. "Management of Fruit Industrial By-Products—A Case Study on Circular Economy Approach" Molecules 25, no. 2: 320. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020320
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