ABSTRACT
In general, food industries are concerned mainly about how best they can dispose of their wastes and by-products easily and at a cheaper cost for complying with the stipulated environmental regulations, and mostly regard them as wastes destined to be disposed of. ¢is particular attitude of industries may be due to the lack of knowledge of the availability of various potential biomolecules of economic importance, technical know-how for producing the product from
25.1 Introduction 757 25.2 Scope for Research on Food Processing By-Products 759 25.3 Strategies to Be Adopted for Successful Valorization 767 25.4 Research Gaps to Be Investigated 768 25.5 Conclusion 769 References 770
the by-product, and knowledge of commercial potential in terms of consumer demand. It is very important that the technology for valorization of the food processing by-products is available so that the by-products are appropriately subjected to the value addition process and adequately utilized. Further, even if some knowledge is available about the possible valorization of certain by-products of an industry, the success of the same is limited owing to the fact that the production process is yet to be standardized on the industrial production scale and most of the information available is restricted to the laboratory scale and/or pilot scale only. In fact, very few industries have adopted valorization of by-products and have tasted success in their attempts. Several examples have been presented in the respective chapters that dealt with specific food industries.
