Diet and the Context of Fruit Industry

Abstract

Poland is a big world producer of fruits and fruit products. The fruit industry leaves in large scale during fruit processing production waste called fruit pomace. Generally, the fruit pomace is thrown away on the prisms and calling production residues. Fruit pomace after processing still holds high amount of valuable compounds beneficial for human health, like dietary fibre, pectin and minerals. It also contains the broad spectrum of polyphenols which have high antioxidant activity. Therefore, it has big potential for being reutilized into pro-health edible products, not only for animal feed or pectin production as it mostly happens today. Many of the pomace components may be also successfully used in non-food industries like fuel industry; or be bio-transformed in the other way. For that reason, the use of fruit pomace as a raw material should be extended to production of more effective products to ensure sustainable development. Due to the problem of production residues disposal, it is advisable to present the possibility of further utilization of fruit waste and the consequent.

Fruit pomace-lignin as a sustainable biopolymer for biomedical applications

“…Recognizing the significant risk posed by landfill disposal, current European Union (EU) legislation stipulates that no more than 10% of waste can be disposed of in landfills by the year 2035 (EU, 2020). Furthermore, apart from pH concerns, the utilization of waste pomace as a soil additive to improve soil properties may be hindered by its possible phenolic content which may limit a plant's access to nutrients and may inhibit the germination properties in fertilizers respectively (Kruczek et al, 2017;Okoro & Faloye, 2020). Notably, the introduction of WP characterized by such low pH values will also enhance the risk of aluminum toxicity since, under such acidic conditions, the phytotoxic form (Al 3+ ) of aluminum predominates in the soil (Okoro & Sun, 2020).…”

The Use of Waste Products from the Food Industry to Obtain High Value-Added Products

“…Globalization and population expansion are driving the evolution of the food industry, offering an expanded array of food choices to cater to increasingly discerning consumers. This includes those opting for alternative dietary approaches, such as gluten-free diets, even in the absence of celiac disease [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]. The processing of both plant and animal raw materials generates a large amount of waste.…”