Application of Agri-Food By-Products in the Food Industry
, Florina Stoica 2, Alexandru Usturoi 3, Vlad Nicolae Arsenoaia 2,*, Ioana Cristina Crivei 4, Alina Narcisa Postolache 5, Florin Daniel Lipșa 1, Feodor Filipov 2, Andreea Mihaela Florea 6, Mihai Alexandru Chițea 7 and Ioan Sebastian Brumă 8
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear Authors,
I completed the evaluation of the manuscript. In this review, the use of by-products in the food industry, which is a very important issue today, is discussed. The subject of the review is in the scope of the journal and original. The topic is evaluated in a fluent manner and supported by up-to-date references.
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Author Response
Answers to reviewers' comments on agriculture-2508744 Minor Revisions
Title: Application of Agri-Food By-Products in Food Industry
Authors: Roxana Nicoleta Rațu, Ionuț Dumitru Veleșcu, Florina Stoica, Alexandru Usturoi, Vlad Nicolae Arsenoaia, Ioana Cristina Crivei, Alina Narcisa Postolache, Florin Daniel Lipșa, Feodor Filipov, Andreea Mihaela Florea, Mihai Alexandru Chitea and Ioan Sebastian Brumă
Answer to Reviewers Comments
The authors would like to thank the referee for the close reading, and for the proper suggestions and comments aimed to improve the paper. The present version of the paper has been revised, and the specific points have been addressed according to the reviewer's suggestions.
Reviewer 1
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I completed the evaluation of the manuscript. In this review, the use of by-products in the food industry, which is a very important issue today, is discussed. The subject of the review is in the scope of the journal and original. The topic is evaluated in a fluent manner and supported by up-to-date references. |
Thank you for your observation. The correction was made through the manuscript.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Dear authors,
Your paper is very interesting for the readers of this journal, but english language must be corrected.
Figure 2 is not necessery.
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
The English language must be improved.
Author Response
Answers to reviewers' comments on agriculture-2508744 Minor Revisions
Title: Application of Agri-Food By-Products in Food Industry
Authors: Roxana Nicoleta Rațu, Ionuț Dumitru Veleșcu, Florina Stoica, Alexandru Usturoi, Vlad Nicolae Arsenoaia, Ioana Cristina Crivei, Alina Narcisa Postolache, Florin Daniel Lipșa, Feodor Filipov, Andreea Mihaela Florea, Mihai Alexandru Chitea and Ioan Sebastian Brumă
Answer to Reviewers Comments
The authors would like to thank the referee for the close reading, and for the proper suggestions and comments aimed to improve the paper. The present version of the paper has been revised, and the specific points have been addressed according to the reviewer's suggestions.
Reviewer 2
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Your paper is very interesting for the readers of this journal, but english language must be corrected. Figure 2 is not necessery. The English language must be improved. Line 34: correct capital letter: By-products |
Thank you for your observation. The correction was made in the manuscript and the figure 2 was deleted. The manuscript was revised in terms of English language. |
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Line 38: correct and uniform word “Byproducts” thorough the whole manuscript |
Thank you for your observation. The correction was made through the manuscript. |
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Line 50: Reference is required: „The European Union (EU) has established an action plan...“ |
Thank you for your observation. A reference was added.
EEA, 2016. Circular Economy in Europe - Developing the Knowledge Base: Report 2. European Environment Agency https://doi.org/10.2800/51444.
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Figure 1: top part of the Figure is blur, and there is one typos on it: world: DISTRIBUTION |
Thank you for your suggestion. The figure 1 was corrected. |
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Put space between lines: 279 and 280; 284 and 285; 315 and 316; 352 and 353; 376 and 377; 431 and 432; 505 and 506; 617 and 618. |
Thank you for your suggestion. The correction was made through the manuscript. |
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Line 621: Please check the percentages in this sentence: “According to estimates, approximately 13% of food is lost in the supply chain, and 17% is wasted in households, food services, and retail [151]”. I believe that the percentages are much higher. |
According to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report 2021, 17% of global food production is wasted, with 61% of this waste coming from households, 26% from food service, and 13% from retail.
United Nations Environment Programme (2021). Food Waste Index Report 2021. Nairobi. ISBN No: 978-92-807-3868-1 |
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Line 683: this is significant part of the manuscript; please make it more interesting by adding some specific suggestions in form of images/diagrams. |
Thank you for your suggestion. The section was improved as suggested. |
Reviewer 3 Report
The topic is of great interest. Therefore, there are many review and papers in literature that have analyzed the various added-value resources present in the by-products, such as bioactive compounds, their extraction and their characterization. For these reasons, this part seems to be repetitive, without any surprising or new information. I would have organized the discussion on the application of agri-food by-products better, because it is confusing in some parts.
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
Minor editing of English language required
Author Response
Answers to reviewers' comments on agriculture-2508744 Minor Revisions
Title: Application of Agri-Food By-Products in Food Industry
Authors: Roxana Nicoleta Rațu, Ionuț Dumitru Veleșcu, Florina Stoica, Alexandru Usturoi, Vlad Nicolae Arsenoaia, Ioana Cristina Crivei, Alina Narcisa Postolache, Florin Daniel Lipșa, Feodor Filipov, Andreea Mihaela Florea, Mihai Alexandru Chitea and Ioan Sebastian Brumă
Answer to Reviewers Comments
The authors would like to thank the referee for the close reading, and for the proper suggestions and comments aimed to improve the paper. The present version of the paper has been revised, and the specific points have been addressed according to the reviewer's suggestions.
Reviewer 3
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The topic is of great interest. Therefore, there are many review and papers in literature that have analyzed the various added-value resources present in the by-products, such as bioactive compounds, their extraction and their characterization. For this reason, this part seems to be repetitive, without any surprising or new information. I would have organized the discussion on the application of agri-food by-products better, because it is confusing in some parts. Detailed comments: Lines 64-69: Add references |
Thank you for your suggestion. The suggested references was added.
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Lines 79-82: Add references |
Thank you for your suggestion. The suggested references was added. |
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Lines 113-117: Delete it. It is not needed |
Thank you for your suggestion. The sentence was deleted. |
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Lines 414-431: Rewriting this part of the text, there is a lot of information already discussed in the previous paragraphs. This gets repetitive. |
Thank you for your suggestion. The paragraph was reformulated. |
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Table 1: Organize the Table 1 better, it is too confusing. |
Thank you for your suggestion. The table 1 was organized. |
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4. Health and sustainability implications of by-products in food products: this paragraph could be merged with section 2.2 Nutritional and potential health benefits of agri-food by-products. Because similar topics are covered. |
Thank you for your suggestion. The sections 4 and 2.2 were merged as suggested. |
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4.2 Environmental and economic benefits of reducing food waste and utilizing agri-food by-products. Could be the 4th paragraph. |
Thank you for your suggestion. The section 4.2 became the 4th paragraph. |
