Valorization of Beverage Industry By-products
A special issue of Beverages (ISSN 2306-5710).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 23432
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antioxidants; biorefinery; food waste valorization; green processes; polyphenols
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Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce a new Special Issue of Beverages, entitled “Valorization of Beverage Industry By-products”.
Nowadays, the beverage industry sectors faces unprecedented challenges pertaining to the rational and eco-friendly management of processing residues. This waste biomass, if not properly handled and processed, poses an important risk to the environment, owing to its particularly high organic load. On the other hand, contemporary trends dictate the valorization of beverage industry wastes, which offers numerous routes for high value-added product formulation, in the framework of a biorefinery concept.
The processing residues generated by the beverage industry contain a wide spectrum of bioactive substances, including polyphenols, carotenoids, pectins, oil, etc. Methods of extraction, isolation, chemical and biotechnological modification, as well as utilisation as food additives, cosmetic constituents and pharmaceutical bioactives are state-of-the-art environmentally benign strategies for the effective and profitable valorisation of these substances.
This Special Issue addresses the concept of innovative and emerging green methodologies that aim at upgrading beverage industry wastes. Contributions pertaining to the valorisation of beverage wastes should include studies on the pre-treatment of processing residues, the sustainable production of isolated bioactive compounds or whole extracts, the bioconversion of processing residues, novel ingredients from beverage wastes, and their utilisation in the food, cosmetic or pharmaceutical industries. The exploitation of wastes to produce bio-based substances are also welcome, but investigations on biofuels are strongly discouraged.
May I take this opportunity to thank you in advance for your valuable contributions.
Dr. Dimitris P. Makris
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Pre-treatment of processing residues
- Beverage waste valorization
- Bioactive substances
- Green processes and biorefinery
- Value-added products
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