Dear Colleagues,

Plant by-products and bio-residues are secondary products that are often discarded or wasted during production or during other stages of food processing. Food waste is one of the greatest challenges facing the agricultural and food sectors. In view of the constantly growing world population and the level of consumption, the supply of food products, whose production produces by-products and bio-waste, is constantly growing. The role of farmers and processors in limiting this negative phenomenon is huge. An extremely important element in the production process is planning, including an assessment of the risks associated with the loss of product quality and a plan to counteract these phenomena, as well as well-planned logistics, including product storage. If food waste cannot be avoided at the processing, manufacturing, and transport stages, it must be effectively processed in a way that is similar to that carried out in the primary production stage: plant waste can be composted or sent to a biogas plant, or the pulp can be used as an additive to feed for livestock.

In this Special Issue, we will focus on the use of fruit and vegetable by-products and bio-residues. We invite authors to submit articles on the use of fruit and vegetable by-products and bioactive components in waste, the techniques of their extraction, and the potential use of the obtained bioactive compounds.

Prof. Dr. Pedro Javier Zapata
Dr. Maria Jose Gimenez Torres
Dr. Vicente Serna-Escolano
Guest Editors

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• by-products
• bio-residues
• vegetables
• fruits
• bio-waste
• sustainability
• bioactive compounds