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Abstract(s)
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 di erent
global issues in di erent 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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Keywords
Antioxidant activity Circular economy Fruit by-products Value add molecules Industrial application Biorefinery concept Iintegral valorisation
Citation
Campos, D. A., Gómez-García, R., Vilas-Boas, A. A., Madureira, A. R., & Pintado, M. M. (2020). Management of fruit industrial by-products - a case study on circular economy approach. Molecules, 25(2), art. n.º 320
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MDPI