Agricultural and Food Waste: Analysis, Characterization and Extraction of Bioactive Compounds and Their Possible Utilization
Montserrat Dueñas, Ignacio García‐Estévez
Abstract
The characterization and reutilization of agricultural and food waste is an important strategy to ensure the sustainable development of the agricultural and food industries. As a result, the environmental impact of these industries can be reduced, thus contributing to the fight against environmental problems, mainly to those related to a potential mitigation of climatic change. This Special Issue includes five papers that reported important findings from research activities related to the reutilization of by-products from food processing industries, which help to increase the knowledge in this field.
Topics & Concepts
AgricultureFood wasteBusinessSustainable agricultureAgricultural wasteFood processingFood industryNatural resource economicsAgricultural economicsEnvironmental planningBiotechnologyEnvironmental scienceWaste managementEngineeringFood scienceEconomicsGeographyChemistryArchaeologyBiologyPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesMeat and Animal Product Quality