Agricultural and Food Waste: Analysis, Characterization, and Extraction of Bioactive Compounds and Their Possible Utilization
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2019) | Viewed by 43516
Special Issue Editors
Interests: characterization of phenolic compounds in plant foods; liquid chromatography (HPLC) mass spectrometry analysis; technological processes in order to improve the quality of legumes; structural analysis and physico-chemical properties in red wines; bioavailability and biological activity of dietary flavonoids; influence of phenolic compounds on sensorials characteristics (astringency)
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Interests: wine chemistry; food chemistry; phenolic compounds; sensory properties
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Dear Colleagues,
The food processing industries produce millions of tons of losses and waste during processing, which are becoming a grave economic, environmental, and nutritional problem. Fruit, vegetable, and food industrial solid waste include leaves, peels, pomace, skins, rinds pulp, stems, seeds, twigs, and spoiled fruits and vegetables, among other waste released in food production, which can be formed during cleaning, processing, cooking, and/or packaging. These wastes are characterized by being an important source of bioactive compounds, such as phenolic compounds, dietary fibres, polysaccharides, vitamins, carotenoids, pigments, and oils, among others. These bioactive compounds are closely associated with beneficial effects in human health. These by-products can be exploited in different industries: in food industries for the development of functional ingredients and/or new foods or natural additives; in pharmaceutical industries for medicinal, healthcare, or cosmetic products; in agricultural industries as fertilizers or animal feed; and in chemical industries, among others. The reutilization of these by-products will ensure the sustainable development of food industries and reduce their environmental impact, which will contribute to the fight against environmental problems, leading to climatic change potential mitigation. Therefore, the determination of bioactive compounds composition in agricultural and food waste and the production of extracts containing these compounds is the first step towards its reutilization.
Prof. Montserrat Duenas-Patón
Dr. Ignacio García-Estévez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Bioactive compounds
- Food waste
- By-products
- Characterization and extraction
- Phytochemicals
- Climatic change
- Phenolic compounds
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