ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Valorization of Plant-Based Food By-Products Through Green Extraction of Bioactive Compounds for Functional Food.
Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Fruit and Vegetable By-Products as Postharvest Tissue Fractions: A Raw-Material Framework for Plant-Based Food Development.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From Agri-Food Byproducts to High-Value Bioactive Compounds: A Critical Review Linking Green Recovery and Chemical Profiling to Circular Valorization.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Upcycling Black Garlic Peels into Multifunctional Cosmeceutical Extracts: Antioxidants and UV-Shielding via Antimicrobial Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Feature Reviews on Food Microbiology.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
The revalorization of food processing by-products represents a critical strategy for enhancing resource efficiency and advancing circularity within the food system. This review examines the potential of three major plant-based agro-industrial by-products-fruit and vegetable residues, brewer's spent grain, and spent coffee grounds-as sources of high-value functional ingredients. These by-products contain bioactive compounds, including dietary fibers, polyphenols, proteins, peptides, oils, and antioxidants, that can be recovered using emerging green extraction and bioprocessing technologies. Conventional extraction methods are progressively being replaced or hybridized with enzyme-assisted, ultrasound-assisted, microwave-assisted, and deep eutectic solvent techniques to improve yield, reduce solvent consumption, and preserve bioactivity. The recovered compounds have demonstrated promising applications as gelling agents (pectin), natural colorants and antioxidants, protein-enriched flours, prebiotic fibers, and bioactive extracts for functional food and nutraceutical formulations. However, challenges persist in standardizing feedstock composition, scaling continuous extraction processes, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance, and generating robust techno-economic and life-cycle assessments to validate sustainability claims. This review synthesizes biochemical composition data, processing pathways, food applications, and regulatory considerations, and identifies research priorities for developing integrated, scalable biorefinery models that valorize food by-products into market-ready functional ingredients.
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