Bakeries and confectioneries

Abstract:

Currently, there is awareness about global pollution together with rising production costs and sometimes decreasing availability of raw materials, leading to an emphasis on the importance of recovery, recycling, and upgrading of food processing wastes. According to the European Landfill Directive, the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfills in member countries by 2020 must reach 35% of the levels of 1995. The European food processing industry operations are forced to comply with increasingly more stringent EU environmental regulations related to disposal or utilization of by-products and the large volumes of aqueous wastes generated (Kosseva 2009). These wastes represent considerable amounts of potentially reusable materials and energy in spite of the fact that they pose serious environmental and economical challenges. Most of the materials generated as wastes by the food processing industries contain components that could be utilized as substrates and nutrients in a variety of biotechnological and chemical processes and could yield value-added products. Consequently, revalorization of by-products or waste has become a priority/necessity in recent times.

Año de publicación:

2012

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scopus