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Food Processing Industries, Food Waste Classification and Handling, Target Compounds

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Biobased Products from Food Sector Waste
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One of the major moral challenges for modern society is the fact that nearly one in ten people in the world is exposed to severe levels of food insecurity, and an estimated 2 billion people worldwide cannot rely on safe, nutritious, and sufficient food, whereas industrialized countries are dealing with over-consumption of food, food-related diseases and increasing food waste production; this represents an environmental, economic, and ethical challenge for the modern society. This chapter deals with the classification of food waste sources and lists an impressive number of the high-value target compounds that can be obtained at different scale-up levels (from the lab-scale up to the biorefinery level), depending on food waste and technology availability.

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Cecchi, T. (2021). Food Processing Industries, Food Waste Classification and Handling, Target Compounds. In: Biobased Products from Food Sector Waste. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63436-0_2

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