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Handbook of Coffee Processing By-Products: Sustainable Applications presents alternative and sustainable solutions for coffee processing by-products and specifies their industrial potential, both as a source for the recovery of bioactive compounds and their reutilization in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, food, biotechnology, and cosmetic industries, also covering environmental and agronomic applications. This book addresses key topics specific to sustainable management in the coffee industry, placing an emphasis on integrated solutions for the valorization and upgrade of coffee processing by-products, biorefinery, and different techniques for the separation, extraction, recovery and formulation of polyphenols.
List of contents
1. State of the art in coffee processing by-products
2. The health components of coffee processing by-products
3. The biorefinery concept for the industrial valorization of coffee processing by-products
4. Extraction and formulation of bioactive compounds
5. Emerging technologies for the recovery of valuable compounds from coffee processing by-products
6. Applications of recovered bioactive compounds in food products
7. Applications of recovered bioactive compounds in cosmetics and other products
8. Biotechnological applications of coffee processing by-products
9. Environmental applications of coffee processing by-products
10. Biochar production from the pyrolysis of exhausted coffee residue
11. Energy applications of coffee processing by-products
12. Vermicomposting of spent SCG and CS
About the author
Dr. Galanakis is an interdisciplinary scientist. He is the research and innovation director of Galanakis Laboratories (Chania, Greece) and the coordinator of the Food Waste Recovery Group of the ISEKI-Food Association (Vienna, Austria). He serves as an expert evaluator and monitor of international and regional funded programs and proposals, whereas he is an editorial board member and subject editor of Food and Bioproducts Processing and Food Research International. He has edited nine books and published ~100 articles
