Valorization of Agricultural Food Waste as a Source of Bioactive Compounds: A Review of Applications in Nutraceuticals and Cosmetics
Large amounts of by-products, such as peels, pomace, seeds, stalks, and spent substrates, are produced by the agri-food processing industry and are typically thrown away or, at most, recycled into compost or animal feed. However, these residues are becoming more widely acknowledged as a rich and underutilized source of...