Valorization of Tomato Waste as a Source of Carotenoids

Fast-accumulating scientific evidence from many studies has revealed that fruits and vegetables are the main source of bioactive compounds; in most cases, wastes and byproducts generated by the food processing industry present similar or a higher content of antioxidant compounds. In recent years, th...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-08, Vol.26 (16), p.5062
Main Authors: Trombino, Sonia, Cassano, Roberta, Procopio, Debora, Di Gioia, Maria Luisa, Barone, Eugenio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural wastes
Antioxidants
Bioactive compounds
Biological activity
By products
Byproducts
Carotenoids
Chronic illnesses
Cosmetics
FDA approval
Food industry
Food processing
Food processing industry
Food waste
food waste valorization
Industrial applications
lycopene
Oxidation
Pharmaceuticals
Processing industry
recycling
Review
Solvents
tomato byproducts
Tomatoes
value-added products
Wastes
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Summary:Fast-accumulating scientific evidence from many studies has revealed that fruits and vegetables are the main source of bioactive compounds; in most cases, wastes and byproducts generated by the food processing industry present similar or a higher content of antioxidant compounds. In recent years, the ever-growing amount of agricultural and food wastes has raised serious concerns from an environmental point of view. Therefore, there is an increasing interest in finding new ways for their processing toward safely upgrading these wastes for recovering high-value-added products with a sustainable approach. Among food waste, the abundance of bioactive compounds in byproducts derived from tomato suggests possibility of utilizing them as a low-cost source of antioxidants as functional ingredients. This contribution gives an overview of latest studies on the extraction methods of carotenoids from tomato waste, along with an evaluation of their antioxidant activity, as well as their industrial applications.
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules26165062