Palm Trees and Fruits Residues
Recent Advances for Integrated and Sustainable Management

Optimizes the performance of palm tree farming and fruit processing industries, helping to reduce their environmental impact

Mejdi Jeguirim (Edited by), Besma Khiari (Edited by), Salah Jellali (Edited by)

9780128239346, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 5 September 2022

498 pages, Approx. 150 illustrations (150 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.45 kg

Palm Trees and Fruits Residues: Recent Advances for Integrated and Sustainable Management places the wastes of palm trees and fruit residues in the international context of sustainable development, providing sustainable applications that are detailed based on sector to help readers from specific fields identify applications. Furthermore, successful processing case studies using valorization are presented. As the expansion of palm tree fruit crops processing industries (manufacture of syrup, honey, non-alcoholic beverages, flours, confectionery products, fruit paste, etc.) is generating growing quantities of wastes in different forms, this book covers sustainable aspects.

1. Identification, Quantification and Characterization of palm-tree and fruit wastes
2. Fruit related waste for livestock breeding
3. Ingredients for food products
4. Usage for human health
5. Biomaterials
6. Biotechnological applications
7. Agricultural applications
8. Environmental applications
9. Energy applications
10. The biorefinery concept for the industrial valorization of palm tree and fruit wastes

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT]