Recent progress on sugarcane-bagasse based lactic acid production: Technical advancements, potential and limitations

• Published in: Industrial crops and products Vol. 193; p. 116132
• Main Authors: Agrawal, Deepti, Kumar, Vinod
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Downstream processing; High-solids pretreatment; High-solids saccharification; Lactic acid; Sugarcane bagasse; High-solids pretreatment; Lactic acid; High-solids saccharification; Downstream processing; Sugarcane bagasse

India is the largest producer of sugarcane in Asia and its sugar industry represents the second largest agro-based industry. Sugarcane bagasse (SCB), a major waste from sugar industries, is indisputably lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) embedding ∼60 % carbohydrates, making it a renewable source of ferm...