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The food processing industries produce millions of tons of losses and waste during processing, which are becoming a grave economic, environmental, and nutritional problem. Fruit, vegetable, and food industrial solid waste include leaves, peels, pomace, skins, rinds pulp, stems, seeds, twigs, and spoiled fruits and vegetables, among other waste released in food production, which can be formed during cleaning, processing, cooking, and/or packaging. These wastes are characterized by being an important source of bioactive compounds, such as phenolic compounds, dietary fibers, polysaccharides, vitamins, carotenoids, pigments, and oils, among others. These bioactive compounds are closely associated with beneficial effects on human health. These by-products can be exploited in different industries: in food industries for the development of functional ingredients and/or new foods or natural additives; in pharmaceutical industries for medicinal, healthcare, or cosmetic products; in agricultural industries as fertilizers or animal feed; and in chemical industries, among others. The reutilization of these by-products will ensure the sustainable development of food industries and reduce their environmental impact, which will contribute to the fight against environmental problems, leading to potential mitigation of climatic change. Therefore, the determination of bioactive compound composition in agricultural and food waste and the production of extracts containing these compounds is the first step towards its reutilization.

Research. --- Biology. --- Food --- Social aspects. --- Natural red pigment --- Monascus purpureus --- Brewer’s spent grain --- Submerged fermentation --- Plackett-Burman design --- Chemical characterization --- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) --- Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) --- Cucumis melo --- polyphenols --- flavonoids --- antioxidants --- by-products --- waste valorization --- LC-MS/MS --- fatty acids --- antioxidant activity --- reutilization of food waste --- salted egg white --- ovalbumin --- extraction --- aqueous two-phase flotation --- cork --- volatile compounds --- aroma --- waste --- bioactive compounds --- food waste --- functional foods --- characterization and extraction --- phytochemicals --- climatic change --- phenolic compounds

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Food waste is becoming an important and growing concern at both local and global levels. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), one-third of all food production is wasted globally, and in particular, 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption is wasted per year, representing an economic loss of EUR 800 billion. The main foods wasted are represented by vegetables, fruits, meat, and fish. Considering the high availability and the composition of food waste, there is an increasing interest in their bio-valorization. Moreover, according to the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 12 and 13), an appropriate waste management represents an essential prerequisite for the sustainable development.This reprint collects interesting manuscripts regarding innovative research focused on food waste valorization through fermentation processes for obtaining value-added products such as enzymes, feed additives, biofuels, animal feeds as well as other useful chemicals or products, food-grade pigments, and single-cell protein (SCP), enhancing food security and environmentally sustainable development.

industrial food waste --- valorization --- biorefinery --- bioenergy --- biobased materials --- promotion policy --- rice husk --- pyrolysis --- porous biochar --- pore property --- surface composition --- microbial red pigment --- Monascus purpureus --- simultaneous hydrolysis and fermentation --- sustainability --- whey --- RSM --- bioethanol --- yeast fermentation --- sugar beet molasses --- industrial by-product --- scale-up --- agricultural waste --- wastewater --- microbial fuel cell --- techno-economic --- commercialization --- life cycle assessment --- Neurospora intermedia --- bread --- process development --- cheese whey --- Aspergillus awamori --- β-galactosidase --- lactose hydrolysis --- Acetobacter xylinum --- bacterial cellulose --- biosurfactant --- bioemulsifier --- waste frying oil --- Bacillus cereus --- food additives --- cookie --- microalgae --- DHA --- lignocellulosic biomass --- organosolv fractionation --- liquid fraction --- solid pulp --- omega-3 fatty acids --- soap --- olives --- olive oil --- fermentation --- food waste --- fish waste --- citrus peel --- aquafeed --- Saccharomyces cerevisiae --- Lactobacillus reuteri --- whey product --- proteins --- ultrafiltration --- nanofiltration --- keratinocytes scratch assay --- mozzarella cheese manufacturing --- pressing residue --- grape --- apple --- silage --- animal production --- enzyme production --- polyphenols --- Juglans regia L. --- walnut green husk --- agricultural wastes --- soil conditions --- glucans --- pectins --- Aspergillus oryzae --- rice hull --- paper mill wastewater --- bioremediation --- amylase --- solid-state fermentation (SSF) --- goat feeding --- durian peel --- silage additives --- propionate --- methane mitigation --- nitrogen balance --- waste management --- biofuel production --- circular economy --- single cell protein --- value-added product --- food and feed production --- yeast --- probiotics