“…One of the advantages of the fermentative process for the production of lactic acid is the possibility to start with several sources, such as sucrose, glucose, mannitol, fruit residues, glycerol and other sources (Gao et al, 2006;Göksungur et al, 2005;Marques et al, 2008;Silveira et al, 2010;Zhang and Vadlani, 2013). The hydrothermal process, in this sense, is limited to the use of glycerol, and its production should be linked to processes that generate large quantities of glycerol.…”