Abstract
Food supply chain waste (FSCW) is reaches 1.3 billion tonnes worldwide every year. This feedstock is rich in bio-derived platform chemicals currently underutilized and could help alleviate our societal dependence on crude oil for the production of materials and fuels. This chapter overviews global drivers for a bio-based society within the context of FSCW as a high-volume bioresource that has the potential to deliver functional molecules. Two case studies are reported, namely, vegetable proteins and biomolecules from tropical fruit wastes. The latter is increasingly becoming a global resource as tropical fruits are now consumed globally and not just in the region where they are produced.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Waste Biorefinery |
| Subtitle of host publication | Potential and Perspectives |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 219-236 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780444639929 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780444639936 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Keywords
- Bio-based chemicals
- Food supply chain wastes
- Tropical fruit wastes
- Valorization
- Vegetable proteins