Food Waste Recovery (ePub)

--Steve Osborn B.Sc. (hons), M.Phil., C.SCI., FIFST, Principal consultant - Food and Beverage, The Aurora Ceres Partnership Ltd.

"This book successfully captures the current outlook with regard to food waste valorisation, compiling the collaborative contributions of academic institutions and commercial organisations. Encompassing a breadth of separation and extraction technologies, both conventional and emerging, the book provides rich insight into the techniques which could either be employed in isolation or regarded as building blocks in a comprehensive biorefinery. Food Waste Recovery represents a much-needed toolkit, increasing the prospect of recovering high added-value compounds from organic byproducts. Moreover, it serves as a bridge between academia and industry, a vital handbook for anyone wanting to develop a food waste recovery application. Crucially, the book places priority on the ethical responsibility to maximise the efficient recovery of bioresources against the backdrop of ever-increasing pressure on natural resources due to climate change and rising populations. Thus, food waste valorisation is presented not simply as a commercial teaser; rather it is regarded as a vital activity as part of a coordinated strategy to ensure a sustainable food supply. Fundamentally, Dr. Galanakis has succeeded in drawing together accounts of the key technologies which will form the basis of any future biorefinery and this compilation marks a milestone in the journey towards that destination." --Andrew Gadd, Link2Energy, Industrial Symbiosis Services Medium

"There were times in human history where we had no access to information because it was unavailable. Now, we have an overload of information and it is a time taking process for each of us to identify our sources. Food Waste Recovery makes it easier for those who are looking for the latest latest information and knowledge on processing food wastes in industrial settings. The book has expanded my knowledge about the variety of chemicals that can be recovered from food wastes and their final markets. Chapter 4, The Universal Recovery Strategy provides a good framework for approaching value recovery out of food waste. The framework can also be applied to recovery of food and organic waste in cities. This strategy will be more valuable when it is adopted widely, and researchers and decision makers expand on it according to their requirements. Given my background in engineering and consulting, I found Chapter 14 especially useful. It lays out the cost and safety issues of emerging and conventional technologies, which can be a good starting point for further research and decision making." --Ranjith Annepu, Co-Founder, be Waste Wise, New York City

"Food Waste Recovery edited by Dr. Charis Galanakis, does not just cover the issues of sustainability, valorisation and waste recovery in modern food processing, but also discusses extensively the issues of land and water use. Chapter 2 provides an excellent and comprehensive summary of the different types of waste derived from both plant and animal origin. Pre-treatments of food waste, conventional processing methods to extract materials of interest as well as new/updated methods are given a good synopsis in Chapters 4 and 5. I can also thoroughly recommend the good analysis of more recent extraction techniques discussed in Chapter 6 and Section III, which, although not unique, are interesting reminders of the challenges faced in the context of food waste. Overall, this is an excellent book, dealing with the aftermath of today’s heavily industrialized food production and processing, and provides a good overview of the ways to reduce and control the resultant inherent wastage." --Muyiwa Akintoye, PhD, Research & Development, Quorn Foods Ltd.