Management of Fruit Industrial By-Products-A Case Study on Circular Economy Approach

The management of industrial fruit by-products is important not only to decrease the volume of food waste accumulated in the landfills but also to develop strategies through reuse with the purpose to valorise and add economic value. The disposal of food waste leads to different global issues in diff...

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Published inMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 25; no. 2; p. 320
Main Authors Campos, Débora A, Gómez-García, Ricardo, Vilas-Boas, Ana A, Madureira, Ana Raquel, Pintado, Maria Manuela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 13.01.2020
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Subjects
Alternative energy sources
antioxidant activity
Antioxidants
biorefinery concept
Business models
By products
Byproducts
Case studies
Circular economy
Consumption
Economics
Food products
Food supply
Food waste
fruit by-products
Fruits
Green chemistry
industrial application
Industrial applications
integral valorisation
Landfills
Polyphenols
Review
Supply chains
Sustainable development
value add molecules
Waste disposal sites
fruit by-products
circular economy
integral valorisation
value add molecules
antioxidant activity
biorefinery concept
industrial application
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Summary:The management of industrial fruit by-products is important not only to decrease the volume of food waste accumulated in the landfills but also to develop strategies through reuse with the purpose to valorise and add economic value. The disposal of food waste leads to different global issues in different sectors, such as social, environmental and economical. These by-products represent a rich source of valuable compounds (polyphenols) with high antioxidant activity, which can be extracted through biotechnological methodologies for future industrial applications. In this context, the management of fruit by-products is challenged to move from a linear economy to a circular economy. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to provide a critical view of an integrated valorisation of fruit by-products to overcome a global issue, via the production of antioxidant extracts with high economic value. A case study of pineapple processing industrialization in a circular economy is explored and discussed.
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ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules25020320