Unraveling the scientific perspectives of citrus by-products utilization: Progress towards circular economy
- Trends in Food Science & Technology, 111, p.549-562, 2021 .
Citrus fruits are appreciated worldwide owing to their high nutritional importance. Its industrial processing generates several underexploited by-products which are generally disposed into environment or are used as animal feed. Therefore, their proper disposal and management has become a major concern globally. Nevertheless, these by-products contain abundant quantities of high-value compounds having numerous health benefits and industrial applications. Therefore, valorization of citrus by-products can be considered as an alluring choice to enhance the value of citrus processing chain by recovery and subsequent applications of bioactive compounds.