Valorisation strategies for cocoa pod husk and its fractions

Fei Lu; Julia Rodriguez-Garcia; Isabella Van Damme; Nicholas J. Westwood; Liz Shaw; James S. Robinson; Geoff Warren; Afroditi Chatzifragkou; Simon McQueen Mason; Leonardo Gomez; Laura Faas; Kelvin Balcombe; Chittur Srinivasan; Fiorella Picchioni; Paul Hadley; Dimitris Charalampopoulos

doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.07.007

Valorisation strategies for cocoa pod husk and its fractions

Fei Lu, Julia Rodriguez-Garcia, Isabella Van Damme, Nicholas J. Westwood, Liz Shaw, James S. Robinson, Geoff Warren, Afroditi Chatzifragkou, Simon McQueen Mason, Leonardo Gomez, Laura Faas, Kelvin Balcombe, Chittur Srinivasan, Fiorella Picchioni, Paul Hadley, Dimitris Charalampopoulos^*

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Abstract

Cocoa pod husk (CPH) is the main by-product (ca. 70–75% weight of whole fruit) of the cocoa harvest, an important and economic crop in developing countries. It is a rich source of minerals (particularly potassium), fibre (including lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin) and antioxidants (e.g. phenolic acids). An existing practise is the return of CPH to soil with potential benefits (or disadvantages) for cocoa productivity and soil sustainability that have not been fully characterised. Currently, alternative low-value applications of CPH include its use as animal feed, as a starting material for soap making and activated carbon. Other biotechnological valorisation potentials for CPH and its fractions include the production of bio-fuels and their incorporation in food systems. Physical, chemical or biological pre-treatment approaches are needed in order to achieve desirable fractions in a cost-effective and sustainable manner for novel applications in food and non-food sectors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	80-88
Number of pages	9
Journal	Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Volume	14
Early online date	29 Jul 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.07.007
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2018

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Lu, F., Rodriguez-Garcia, J., Van Damme, I., Westwood, N. J., Shaw, L., Robinson, J. S., Warren, G., Chatzifragkou, A., McQueen Mason, S., Gomez, L., Faas, L., Balcombe, K., Srinivasan, C., Picchioni, F., Hadley, P., & Charalampopoulos, D. (2018). Valorisation strategies for cocoa pod husk and its fractions. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 14, 80-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.07.007

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