The search for new biological sources of commercial value is a major goal for the
sustainable management of natural resources. The huge amount of fishery by-catch or …

Marine fish provide a rich source of bioactive compounds such as proteins and peptides.
The bioactive proteins and peptides derived from marine fish have gained enormous interest …

Industrial processing of livestock, poultry and fish produces a large amount of waste in a
solid or liquid form that can either be destroyed or be used to make compost, biogas or other …

Chitin, a potential allergy-promoting pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP), is a
linear polymer composed of N-acetylglucosamine residues which are linked by β-(1, 4) …

In the last decade, an increasing number of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), chitin and chitosan
applications have been reported. Their commercial demands have been extended to …

The world fisheries resources have exceeded 160 million tons in recent years. However,
every year a considerable amount of total catch is discarded as by-catch or as processing …

Energy demand is continuously increasing, due to rapid growth accompanying the
development of population and industrialization. Because of the fossil sources are not …

Fossil fuel reserves depletion, global warming, unrelenting population growth, and costly
and problematic waste recycling call for renewable resources of energy and consumer …

This book presents the information necessary to design food processing operations and
describes the equipment needed to carry them out in detail. It covers every step in the …

The rising awareness of consumers toward the health benefits of foods and their nutritional
benefits for potential disease prevention and health enhancement is the driving force of the …