Fruit Wastes as a Valuable Source of Value-Added Compounds: A Collaborative Perspective
Massimo Lucarini,
Alessandra Durazzo,
Roberta Bernini,
Margherita Campo,
Chiara Vita,
Eliana B. Souto,
Ginevra Lombardi-Boccia,
Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan,
Antonello Santini,
Annalisa Romani
Affiliations
Massimo Lucarini
CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
Alessandra Durazzo
CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
Roberta Bernini
Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Margherita Campo
PHYTOLAB (Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic, Food Supplement Technology and Analysis)-DiSIA, Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti”, University of Florence, Via U. Schiff, 6-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, 50121 Florence, Italy
Chiara Vita
QuMAP-PIN S.c.r.l.-Polo Universitario “Città di Prato” Servizi didattici e scientifici per l’Università di Firenze, Piazza Giovanni Ciardi, 25-59100 Prato, Italy
Eliana B. Souto
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
Ginevra Lombardi-Boccia
CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Annalisa Romani
PHYTOLAB (Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic, Food Supplement Technology and Analysis)-DiSIA, Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti”, University of Florence, Via U. Schiff, 6-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, 50121 Florence, Italy
The by-products/wastes from agro-food and in particular the fruit industry represents from one side an issue since they cannot be disposed as such for their impact on the environment but they need to be treated as a waste. However, on the other side, they are a source of bioactive healthy useful compounds which can be recovered and be the starting material for other products in the view of sustainability and a circular economy addressing the global goal of “zero waste” in the environment. An updated view of the state of art of the research on fruit wastes is here given under this perspective. The topic is defined as follows: (i) literature quantitative analysis of fruit waste/by-products, with particular regards to linkage with health; (ii) an updated view of conventional and innovative extraction procedures; (iii) high-value added compounds obtained from fruit waste and associated biological properties; (iv) fruit wastes presence and relevance in updated databases. Nowadays, the investigation of the main components and related bioactivities of fruit wastes is being continuously explored throughout integrated and multidisciplinary approaches towards the exploitation of emerging fields of application which may allow to create economic, environmental, and social value in the design of an eco-friendly approach of the fruit wastes.
