Sustainable Food Waste Management: Recovery, Recycling and Valorization
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2024) | Viewed by 1788
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fermentation; polyphenols; bioprocess; agro-industrial waste; biological properties
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: phytochemicals; separation and purification; chromatography; nutraceutics; food applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to the United Nations Organization and in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals, establishing the importance of responsible production and consumption, 1,300 million tons of food and derivatives are wasted each year. This Special Issue is an opportunity to present original or review papers related to the use, recovery, and recycling of agroindustrial and food waste to produce molecules or compounds of high added value with possible biological activities and can be applied in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, agricultural, textile, and medical industries, among others. The use of low-cost strategies such as solid-state and submerged fermentation systems for the accumulation of compounds of interest will be considered. Alternative strategies for the separation, identification, and purification of bioactive molecules that can be generated from agroindustrial and food waste will be considered. It is important to demonstrate, establish, and manage strategies to reduce food losses in production and supply chains, as well as significantly reduce greenhouse gases, with the implementation of strategies for the use and recovery of water to improve human health and the environment.
Dr. Leonardo Sepúlveda Torre
Dr. Juan Alberto Ascacio-Valdes
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- bioprocess
- fermentation
- bioactive compounds
- food waste
- separation
- nutraceuticals
- food applications
