Handbook of Grape Processing By-Products: Sustainable Solutions - Softcover

9780128098707: Handbook of Grape Processing By-Products: Sustainable Solutions

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128098708 ISBN 13: 9780128098707

Publisher: Academic Press, 2017

Handbook of Grape Processing By-Products explores the alternatives of upgrading production by-products, also denoting their industrial potential, commercial applications and sustainable solutions in the field of grape valorization and sustainable management in the wine industry.

Covering the 12 top trending topics of winery sustainable management, emphasis is given to the current advisable practices in the field, general valorization techniques of grape processing by-products (e.g. vermi-composting, pyrolysis, re-utilization for agricultural purposes etc.), the newly introduced biorefinery concept, different techniques for the separation, extraction, recovery and formulation of polyphenols, and finally, the healthy components of grape by-products that lead to target applications in the pharmaceutical, enological, food and cosmetic sectors.

Presents in-depth information on grape processing
Addresses the urgent need for sustainability within wineries
Reveals the opportunities of reutilizing processing by-products in profitable ways
Explores general valorization methods and separation and extraction methods for the recovery of high added-value extracts/compounds and their transformation to final products

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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

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