Antioxidant Enrichment and Antimicrobial Protection of Fresh‐Cut Fruits Using Their Own Byproducts: Looking for Integral Exploitation
Open Access
- 23 September 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Food Science
- Vol. 75 (8), R175-R181
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01792.x
Abstract
Fresh-cut fruit consumption is increasing due to the rising public demand for convenience and awareness of fresh-cut fruit's health benefits. The entire tissue of fruits and vegetables is rich in bioactive compounds, such as phenolic compounds, carotenoids, and vitamins. The fresh-cut fruit industry deals with the perishable character of its products and the large percentage of byproducts, such as peels, seeds, and unused flesh that are generated by different steps of the industrial process. In most cases, the wasted byproducts can present similar or even higher contents of antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds than the final produce can. In this context, this hypothesis article finds that the antioxidant enrichment and antimicrobial protection of fresh-cut fruits, provided by the fruit's own byproducts, could be possible.Keywords
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