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Sustainable management of secondary raw materials from the marine food-chain. A case-study perspective
- Source :
- Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 8997, p 8997 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- The feasibility of exploiting secondary raw materials from marine food-chains as a source of molecules of nutritional interest, to create high-value food products and to meet nutritional challenges, is described in this report. A reduction in food waste is urgent as many sectors of the food industry damage the environment by depleting resources and by generating waste that must be treated. The project herein described, deals with the recovery of natural molecules, omega-3 fatty acids (EPA, DHA) and of α-tocopherol, from fish processing by-products. This would promote the sustainable development of new food products for human nutrition, as well as nutraceuticals. The growing awareness of increasing omega-3 fatty acids intake, has focused attention on the importance of fish as a natural source of these molecules in the diet. Therefore, a study on the concentration of these bioactive compounds in such matrices, as well as new green methodologies for their recovery, are necessary. This would represent an example of a circular economy process applied to the seafood value chain. Fish processing by-products, so far considered as waste, can hopefully be reutilized as active ingredients into food products of high added-value, thus maximizing the sustainability of fish production.
- Subjects :
- Food industry
030309 nutrition & dietetics
Geography, Planning and Development
TJ807-830
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
03 medical and health sciences
Food chain
0404 agricultural biotechnology
DHA
EPA
fishery waste
nutrition
omega-3 fatty acids
sustainable production
α-tocopherol
GE1-350
Fish processing
Sustainable development
0303 health sciences
Waste management
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
Circular economy
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
040401 food science
Environmental sciences
Food waste
Sustainable management
Sustainability
Business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 8997, p 8997 (2020)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bf31d639a8edc17ae31101a405436406