Extraction of Bioactive Compounds fro Horticultural Processing Waste

The search for sustainable resources in modern industrial processes has guided the production of chemicals and fuels towards a biomass-based economy. Biomass is a cheaper feedstock, which can even be obtained from food waste. Among such sources, the horticultural processing waste was found to contribute significantly to the overall wastage. In the current study, mango processing waste (peels and seeds) was studied in terms of the composition, recovery of bioactive compounds, utilization of the extracted bioactive compounds in product development, and the economic challenges in the overall process. Many valuable products such as pectin, polyphenols and lipids were obtained using green extraction methods, which were found to be useful in development of food grade products.