Sustainable Food Systems: The Case of Functional Compounds towards the Development of Clean Label Food Products

Alexandri, Maria; Kachrimanidou, Vasiliki; Papapostolou, Harris; Papadaki, Aikaterini; Kopsahelis, Nikolaos

doi:10.3390/foods11182796

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“…This is partly due to the high volume of waste resulting from the processing of fruit products, such as juices, jellies, and dehydrated products. This waste is often improperly disposed of in landfills or waterways, or is even burned, causing various environmental damages and health-related risks and becoming a challenge in food waste management [16,17].…”

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Valorization of Fruit Co-Product Flours for Human Nutrition: Challenges, Applications, and Perspectives

Lima,

Durazzo,

Lucarini

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The fruit agro-industry is one of the sectors that stand out both in production and in the volume of losses along the supply chains, which has generated a strong concern from the nutritional, economic, social, and environmental points of view. This study is aimed at understanding the updated scenario of the conversion of fruit residues into value-added co-products, its main challenges, applications, and perspectives. For this, a literature review was conducted through Scielo, PubMed, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect databases. The advanced search covered the period from 2018 to 2022. The evaluation of the articles showed that the drying process is an important step to obtain flours from fruit co-products with characteristics that can provide longer shelf life, practicality, and versatility of use, demonstrating great potential for inclusion in various food preparations; although difficulties persist around the technological characteristics of this raw material, they can confer a nutritional increase, in addition to the possibility of additional health benefits due to the presence of bioactive compounds and fibers inherent in these products. Indeed, although there is a long way to go in studies with co-products derived from residual fractions of fruits, strategies such as these contribute to the better management of losses along the agri-food chains while providing greater food and nutrition security for the global population on the path to sustainability.

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confidence: 99%

Valorization of Fruit Co-Product Flours for Human Nutrition: Challenges, Applications, and Perspectives

Lima,

Durazzo,

Lucarini

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…It is also one of the United Nations’ goals for achieving a more sustainable world by 2030 [ 1 ]. In addition, consumers tend to look for products that are more “natural”, “healthier”, “clean-label”, and obtained through ecologically friendly technology [ 2 , 3 ]. Fruit and vegetable biowastes (peels, seeds, shells, pomace, and leaves) are rich sources of bioactive beneficial components.…”

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Valorization of Punica granatum L. Leaves Extracts as a Source of Bioactive Molecules

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Due to a lack of innovative valorization strategies, pomegranate processing generates a significant amount of residues with a negative environmental footprint. These by-products are a rich source of bioactive compounds with functional and medicinal benefits. This study reports the valorization of pomegranate leaves as a source of bioactive ingredients using maceration, ultrasound, and microwave-assisted extraction techniques. The phenolic composition of the leaf extracts was analyzed using an HPLC-DAD-ESI/MSn system. The extracts’ antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, and skin-beneficial properties were determined using validated in vitro methodologies. The results showed that gallic acid, (-)-epicatechin, and granatin B were the most abundant compounds in the three hydroethanolic extracts (between 0.95 and 1.45, 0.7 and 2.4, and 0.133 and 3.0 mg/g, respectively). The leaf extracts revealed broad-spectrum antimicrobial effects against clinical and food pathogens. They also presented antioxidant potential and cytotoxic effects against all tested cancer cell lines. In addition, tyrosinase activity was also verified. The tested concentrations (50–400 µg/mL) ensured a cellular viability higher than 70% in both keratinocyte and fibroblast skin cell lines. The obtained results indicate that the pomegranate leaves could be used as a low-cost source of value-added functional ingredients for potential nutraceutical and cosmeceutical applications.

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“…The importance of supporting biodiversity in agriculture is key for maintaining a resilient food system under the effects of climate change [ 5 ]. Thus, exploring the research and training needs of the organizations helping farmers and producers adopt sustainable agricultural practices is important for bolstering a resilient food system, especially as modern food production systems face societal and environmental pressures to increase sustainability [ 9 ].…”

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A Needs Assessment to Inform Research and Outreach Efforts for Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Food Production in the Western United States

Lamm

Trojan³

et al. 2023

Foods

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Increasing the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices can help maintain sufficient food production while reducing its environmental impact. To ensure this adoption, it is important to assess the research and training needs of those helping farmers and producers adopt sustainable agricultural practices. However, there is a gap in the literature related to the training needs of producers in the Western United States for sustainable agriculture. Needs assessments help organizations, such as the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and Cooperative Extension, to address the demonstrated needs of intended audiences. This study presents the results of a needs assessment with the objective of examining training needs and barriers to adoption to help direct extension programming for sustainable agricultural practices in the western region of the United States, to identify gaps, and to inform sustainable agriculture outreach programs. Using a modified Borich method with an inferential statistical method, the discrepancies between the level at which sustainable agricultural practice training competencies “should be addressed” and the level at which they were “currently being addressed” were examined. Competencies with the largest gaps included financial disparity, food waste, and policy/communicating with decision makers. The top three barriers to adopting sustainable agricultural practices included the potential for financial loss, perceived risk of adoption, and time investment associated with adoption. Results indicated that training needs varied and that these were not all on-farm training needs. The results imply that future funding from Western SARE and other groups looking to support sustainable agricultural food system efforts, may wish to focus on requesting proposals for programs that address these competency gaps and barriers in novel and supplementary ways in combination with existing programmatic efforts.

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Sustainable Food Systems: The Case of Functional Compounds towards the Development of Clean Label Food Products

Cited by 39 publications

References 186 publications

Valorization of Fruit Co-Product Flours for Human Nutrition: Challenges, Applications, and Perspectives

Valorization of Fruit Co-Product Flours for Human Nutrition: Challenges, Applications, and Perspectives

Valorization of Punica granatum L. Leaves Extracts as a Source of Bioactive Molecules

A Needs Assessment to Inform Research and Outreach Efforts for Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Food Production in the Western United States

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