Value Added Product Recovery From Fruit and Vegetable Waste Through Biotechnological Intervention

In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported that roughly 1.3 billion tons (= one-third of the edible parts of food produced globally) is lost or wasted every year. In 2013, the USDA

and EPA launched the US Food Waste Challenge, which calls on entities along the food chain to join efforts to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste (Figure 8.1).