Handbook of Waste Management and Co-Product Recovery in Food Processing (Hardcover)

Part 1 Key drivers for waste management and co-product recovery in food processing: Waste minimisation, management and co-product recovery in food processing: an introduction; Consumer interests in food processing waste management and co-product recovery. Part 2 Optimising manufacturing to minimise waste in food processing: Chain management issues and good housekeeping procedures to minimise food processing waste; Process optimisation to minimise energy use in food processing; Process optimisation to minimise water use in food processing. Part 3 Key issues and technologies for food waste separation and co-product recovery: The importance of microbiological risk management in the stabilization of food processing do-products; Effects of post harvest changes in quality on the stability of plant co-products; The potential for de-structuring of food processing waste by combination processing; Enzymatic extraction and fermentation for the recovery of food processing products; Supercritical fluid extraction and other technologies for extraction of high value food processing co-products; Membrane and filtration technologies and the separation and recovery of food processing waste; Separation technologies for food wastewater treatment and product recovery. Part 4 Waste management in particular food industry sectors and recovery of specific co-products: Waste management and co-product recovery in red and white meat processing; Waste management and co-product recovery in dairy processing; Waste management and co-product recovery in fish processing; Recovery and reuse of trimmings and pulps from fruit and vegetable processing; High-value co-products from plant foods: nutraceuticals, micronutrients, functional ingredients; High-value co-products from plant foods: cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; Natural dyes from food processing wastes; Improving waste management and co-product recovery in vegetable oil. Part 5 Minimising disposal: Wastewater and solid waste management in the food industry: Treatment of food processing wastewater; Dewatering systems for solid food processing waste; Fermentation, biogas and biohydrogen production from solid food processing.