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Application of Pulsed Electric Field Treatment for Food Waste Recovery Operations

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Food industry is generating annually huge quantities of by-products and waste, which are generally considered as problem, as their disposal is associated with environmental and health related issues. During the last decade, numerous research groups and industries have been interested in valorizing these by-products by extracting valuable compounds and incorporating them generally in food and/or cosmetic products, which enhances the profitability of the process. Conventional extraction methods (i.e., maceration, thermal extraction) are extensively used for such purposes and showed high yields in many cases. However, the need to replace toxic organic solvents, shortening the extraction time, and reducing the energy consumption has incited the researchers to develop and evaluate alternative methods (i.e., electrotechnologies, high pressure processing, ultrasound- and microwave-assisted extractions), which are more environmental friendly and cost effective. Among electrotechnologies, pulsed electric fields (PEF) technology has been widely evaluated for the extraction of high-added value compounds from waste and by-products, showing promising results, compared to conventional methods. This chapter describes the features of PEF as well as its use as sustainable and green recovery technology of valuable compounds from food by-products.

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Acknowledgments

F.J. Barba was supported from the Union by a postdoctoral Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (Marie Curie IEF) within the 7th European Community Framework Programme (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/mariecurieactions/ief_en.html) (project number 626524-HPBIOACTIVE-Mechanistic modeling of the formation of bioactive compounds in high pressure processed seedlings of Brussels sprouts for effective solution to preserve healthy compounds in vegetables).

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  1. Chemistry Section, School of Science and Technology, University of Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, Camerino, Italy

    Mahesha M. Poojary

  2. Department of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering, Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Haid-und-Neu-Straße 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Shahin Roohinejad & Ralf Greiner

  3. Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

    Francisco J. Barba

  4. Nutrition and Food Science Area, Universitat de València, Avda. Vicent Andrés Estellés, s/n, 46100, Burjassot, València, Spain

    Francisco J. Barba

  5. Département de Génie des Procédés Industriels, Unité Transformations Intégrées de la Matière Renouvelable (UTC/ESCOM, EA 4297 TIMR), Centre de Recherche de Royallieu, Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, B.P. 20529, 60205, Compiègne Cedex, France

    Mohamed Koubaa

  6. Food Research Division, AZTI, Astondo Bidea, Edificio 609, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, 48160, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

    Eduardo Puértolas

  7. Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Department of Food Process Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Anet Režek Jambrak

  8. Department of Food Science, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Indrawati Oey

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Enginer, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Damijan Miklavcic

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  1. Food Biotechnology & Process Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Königin-Luisestrasse 22, D-14195, Berlin, Germany

    Dietrich Knorr

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Poojary, M.M. et al. (2016). Application of Pulsed Electric Field Treatment for Food Waste Recovery Operations. In: Miklavcic, D. (eds) Handbook of Electroporation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26779-1_185-1

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