Valorization of Fruit and Vegetable Waste into Sustainable and Value-Added Materials

Waste, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(3), P. 258 - 278

Published: July 27, 2024

This review aims to streamline the approach assessing most used valorization methods for fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) that are eco-friendly, cost-effective, sustainable within a circular economy framework. Green processing technologies extraction of bioactive compounds from FVW, their applications, technico-economical assessment FVW’ biorefinery support highlighted. Important value-added products generated by FVW include compounds, pectin, protein isolates, such as soy, natural pigments anthocyanins, quinones, carotenoids, betalains, chlorophyll. At this time, prospects using have increased in food supplements, edible packaging, agriculture, energy, water purification fields. The findings report proper management not only minimizes addition landfills absence composting, but also promotes efficient utilization resources development innovative materials with wide range beneficial applications. Implementing possible solutions described paper would reduce environmental impact, open up new economic opportunities through FVW.

Language: Английский

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Structural Characterization and Bioactive Compound Evaluation of Fruit and Vegetable Waste for Potential Animal Feed Applications

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(11), P. 2038 - 2038

Published: Nov. 12, 2024

Agricultural waste from the fruit and vegetable industry is used as an alternative source of animal feed, but detailed investigations are required. The aim this work was to conduct a physico-chemical characterization, through analytical techniques, wastes such those golden apples, red carrots, celery, beetroots, potato peels. bioactive compounds in samples indicated high carbohydrate content 50.38 g/100 g apples 59.38 mg/100 organic acids celery. In addition, total phenolic (TPC, mg gallic acid equivalent/g dry weight) varied between 3.72 celery 15.51 beetroots. antioxidant capacity values were significant. A thermal analysis showed stability weight loss, underscoring composition solid samples. An infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) C-H, O-H, C=O, N-H functional groups non-starchy carbohydrates, acids, proteins. Microscopic techniques revealed microstructure, particle size, semicrystalline profile ultrastructure (determined via atomic force microscopy (AFM)) consisted smooth uniform surface with lignin cellulose texture. These results highlight importance essential nutrients for feed.

Language: Английский

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Bioactive Phytochemicals from Carrot (Daucus carota) By-Products

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Exploitation of Natural By-Products for the Promotion of Healthy Outcomes in Humans: Special Focus on Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms and Modulation of the Gut Microbiota

Antioxidants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(7), P. 796 - 796

Published: June 29, 2024

Daily, a lot of food is wasted, and vegetables, fruit, cereals as well marine products represent the major sources unwanted by-products. The sustainability, waste recovery, revalorization by-products have been proposed main goals so-called circular economy. In fact, wastes are enriched in endowed with beneficial effects on human health. Grape, olives, rice contain different compounds, such polyphenols, dietary fibers, polysaccharides, vitamins, proteins, which exert antioxidant anti-inflammatory activities, inhibiting pro-oxidant genes Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer activated B cells (NF-kβ) pathway, demonstrated by vitro vivo experiments. Dietary fibers act upon gut microbiota, expanding bacteria, contribute to healthy outcomes. Furthermore, foods, even including microalgae, arthropods, fish, rich carotenoids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, chitooligosaccharides, afford protection. present review will cover derived from wastes, describing mechanisms action involved modulation microbiota. some also explored clinical trials, while others, by-products, need more investigation for their full exploitation bioactive compounds humans.

Language: Английский

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Food Additives Derived from Fruits and Vegetables for Sustainable Animal Production and Their Impact in Latin America: An Alternative to the Use of Antibiotics

Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(18), P. 2921 - 2921

Published: Sept. 15, 2024

The production of healthy animal-derived food entails the effective control foodborne pathogens and strategies to mitigate microbial threats during rearing. Antibiotics have been traditionally employed in animal farming manage bacterial infections. However, prohibition antibiotic growth promoters livestock has brought significant changes practices. Although antibiotics are now restricted treating preventing infections, their overuse caused serious public health issues, including resistance presence residues wastewater. Therefore, sustainable is crucial reducing spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Annually, 40–50% fruit vegetable discarded worldwide. These discards present potential for extracting value-added ingredients, which can reduce costs, decrease waste, enhance economy. This review highlights negative impacts use stresses importance analyzing challenges safety concerns ingredients from co-products at an industrial scale. It also explores current trends livestock, with a focus on Latin American contexts. Finally, suitability using derived feeds discussed.

Language: Английский

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The Potential of Mustard Seed Meal to Alleviate LPS-Induced Microbial Shifts in Weaned Piglets

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(12), P. 2269 - 2269

Published: Dec. 11, 2024

Mustard seed meal, an oil industry by-product, shows promise as a dietary additive in animal feed due to its rich content of bioactive compounds and antioxidant potential. The present study examined impact on the gut microbiota post-weaning piglets exposed bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPSs). Twenty-four cross-bred TOPIGS-40 were divided into four groups: C—control group basal diet; LPS—group diet later lipopolysaccharides; M—group with 8% w/w mustard meal addition; M+LPS—a combined LPS group. After 21 days, colonic analysis using Illumina 16S rRNA sequencing revealed that while challenge led increased abundance Spirochaetota Desulfobacterota group, presence kept these levels low M+LPS Notably, Firmicutes Bacteroidota (F/B) ratio decreased from 2.87 1.12 Furthermore, Lactobacillus showed 4.7-fold increase Lachnospira by 67.7% compared These findings highlight meal’s potential prevent LPS-induced dysbiosis, enhancing health weaning piglets.

Language: Английский

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Mustard Meal Extract as an Alternative to Zinc Oxide for Protecting the Intestinal Barrier Against E. coli-Lipopolysaccharide Damage

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26(1), P. 273 - 273

Published: Dec. 31, 2024

The present study aimed to investigate the ability of an aqueous extract derived from mustard seed meal counteract effects

Language: Английский

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