Conversion of food processing wastes in to valuable by – products

Abstract

Single-Cell Protein (SCP) represents microbial cells (primary) grown in mass culture and harvested for use as protein sources in foods or animal feeds. In the present study, mainly focused on scale up production of yeast biomass was using different cheap carbon source such as mango, cashew apple, jackfruit, apple, maize, watermelon, tamarind, guava and sweet potato pulps. Determination of carbohydrate content of each substrate by anthrone method was maximum at jackfruit (1.45mg/ml). For the scale up production the primary screening of the fruit pulps by shake flasks experiment. Optimization of different physical factors and carbon sources has been done to find out the range and levels.