Background Fruit and vegetable by-products (FVBP) from the food industry and post-harvest
represent one of the world's most common environmental pollution problems. However …

The need to increase circularity of industrial systems to address limited resources availability
and climate change has triggered the development of the food waste biorefinery concept …

The production of food waste covers all the food life cycle: from agriculture, up to industrial
manufacturing and processing, retail and household consumption. In developed countries …

Background Spray drying is still the most important technique for the microencapsulation of
bioactive ingredients. It makes possible to create easy-handling powdered microcapsules …

Fruit and vegetable wastes derived from the agri-food industry are generated in large
amounts and they can cause great environmental contamination because they have a high …

Biopesticides obtained from renewable resources and associated with biodegradability
have the potential to address resource limitations and environmental pollution, often caused …

Agro-industry generates large amount of waste with diverse characteristics. The
accumulation of agricultural waste is in the excess of 2 billion tons worldwide. This makes it …

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a perennial herb with various bioactivities and has
been widely used as medicine and food since ancient times. With the reputation of “the king …

Food waste is a significant emitter of greenhouse gases (mostly methane) that causes
environmental devastation. Further, nearly onethird of produced food goes to wastage …

The physicochemical properties, structural features and immunomodulatory effects of the
white asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) skin polysaccharides (WASP) were systematically …