Valorisation of Food Waste

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Valorisation of Food Waste

Process and Product Design

Biotechnology Biofuels Waste treatment and disposal

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Collection: Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Language: English

Published by: CRC Press

Published on: 15th September 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781040422717


This book explores innovative strategies for repurposing food waste, with a strong focus on process and product design. It highlights diverse food waste sources including expiring materials and often overlooked resources, offering a comprehensive evaluation of technologies, methods, and sustainable solutions to address the global challenge of food waste.

Offers guidelines and a food waste valorisation framework.

Presents unique pathways for valorising food waste and expired food.

Delves into principles and strategies for food waste valorisation, transforming food waste into building and construction materials, upcycling food waste, and extracting bioactive compounds from expired sources.

Explores converting food waste into biochar, biofuel, and maximizing biogas production, as well as utilizing bioconversion technology with Black Soldier Fly larvae and integrating the water–energy–food nexus.

Each chapter includes exercises and case studies to enhance understanding and practical application.

This text is aimed at academics, engineers, technologists, and researchers in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.

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