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ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Fermentation for Revalorisation of Fruit and Vegetable By-Products: A Sustainable Approach Towards Minimising Food Loss and Waste.

José Ángel Salas-Millán, Encarna Aguayo

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Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Probiotics and Fermented Foods in Human Nutrition.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. Feature Reviews on Food Microbiology.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  11. Food Rx: Integrating horticulture research to improve nutrition and health.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

José Ángel Salas-MillánPostharvest and Refrigeration Group, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203 Cartagena, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8948-9193
Encarna AguayoPostharvest and Refrigeration Group, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203 Cartagena, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0052-4168

Funding

Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) with funding from the European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and by Fundación Séneca with funding from the Comunidad Autónoma Región de Murcia (CARM). AGROALNEXTSpanish MICIU-National Research Agency and the ERDF A way of making Europe, of the European Union. PID2021-123857OB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a world increasingly focused on sustainability and integrated resource use, the revalorisation of horticultural by-products is emerging as a key strategy to minimise food loss and waste while maximising value within the food supply chain. Fermentation, one of the earliest and most versatile food processing techniques, utilises microorganisms or enzymes to induce desirable biochemical transformations that enhance the nutritional value, digestibility, safety, and sensory properties of food products. This process has been identified as a promising method for producing novel, high-value food products from discarded or non-aesthetic fruits and vegetables that fail to meet commercial standards due to aesthetic factors such as size or appearance. Besides waste reduction, fermentation enables the production of functional beverages and foods enriched with probiotics, antioxidants, and other bioactive compounds, depending on the specific horticultural matrix and the types of microorganisms employed. This review explores the current bioprocesses used or under investigation, such as alcoholic, lactic, and acetic acid fermentation, for the revalorisation of fruit and vegetable by-products, with particular emphasis on how fermentation can transform these by-products into valuable foods and ingredients for human consumption, contributing to a more sustainable and circular food system.

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antioxidantfortified foodsfruit-vinefunctionalkefirkombuchalactic acid bacteriaphytochemicalpickledprobioticvinegar

Identifiers

PMID39594095
PMCPMC11594132

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