Sustainable Bioprocessing Strategies for Agri-Industrial Side Streams Valorisation

Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue in Applied Sciences, titled “Sustainable Bioprocessing Strategies for Agri-Industrial Side Stream Valorisation”, which will showcase the most recent research developments in waste valorisation approaches in the agri-food sector, aiming at advancing and consolidating the concept of the circular bioeconomy in this field.

Despite numerous improvements seen globally in waste management practices in the last decade, agri-industrial waste still constitutes a major issue, both economically and environmentally. Side streams that derive from the agri-food sector are rich in a plethora of added-value compounds; as such, current research has been focusing on sustainable strategies to recover such compounds and assess their functionality in refined applications. Advancement in such processes is ongoing, and as such, mapping their progress and technological readiness is imperative.

Research topics of interest for this Special Issue include the following: life-cycle analyses of agri-industrial side streams and wastes, novel/green extraction techniques, purification strategies for waste-derived extracts, and functionality of new ingredients and bioproducts for food, packaging, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical applications, as well as circular bioeconomy concepts. Researchers in these fields are invited to submit original research articles, as well as relevant state-of-the-art reviews or perspectives, to be published in this Special Issue of Applied Sciences.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Dr. Afroditi Chatzifragkou
Dr. Micael de Andrade Lima
Guest Editors

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