Food By-Product Based Functional Food Powders

<p>The by-products of food processing operations may still contain many valuable substances. Nowadays the potential utilization of these major components has been the focus of increasing attention. Food by-products or food industry shelf-stable coproducts in liquid pomace or powder forms can be obtained by processing fruits vegetables meat seafood milk and dairy cereal nuts fats and oils; drying by-products and converting them into powder offers a way to preserve them as useful and valuable products. </p><p>Food By-product Based Functional Food Powders discusses food powders derived from food by-products and waste as well as their chemical characterization functional properties unique bioactive features enhancing technologies processing of food by-product powders and utilization.</p><p>The book discusses how these by-products may be evaluated as a source of dietary phytochemicals including phenolic antioxidants carotenoids other bioactive polyphenols and dietary fiber; as a source of proteins peptides and amino acids; as extruded products; as a source of collagen and gelatin; and as a source of various food additive materials. </p>