Agro-Industrial By-Products in the Synthesis of Food Grade Microbial Pigments: An Eco-Friendly Alternative
| Autor: | Sunita Varjani, Bishwambhar Mishra, G. Karthikeya Srinivasa Varma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine food.ingredient Food industry business.industry Food additive Food grade 01 natural sciences Environmentally friendly Metabolic engineering 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology food Hazardous waste 010608 biotechnology Business Biochemical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Energy, Environment, and Sustainability ISBN: 9789811332623 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-13-3263-0_13 |
| Popis: | Food industry is mainly dependent upon various colors to prepare the food items attractive and appealing to the consumers. Chemically synthesized food colorant used as the additives in foods causes the risk of toxicity and hazardous effects to the consumers. The application of biosynthesized natural colorant as food additives is quite safer, nontoxic, and nonhazardous in nature. Currently, the researchers have developed the value-added products like microbial pigments by utilizing various agro-industrial waste products through the fermentation processes. This can make the whole process cost-effective and environmental friendly. The current chapter describes the utilization of cheaply available agro-industrial residues for the production of microbial pigment which can be explored further for its application in the food Industries. In this chapter, the attention of researchers, academicians, and the food industry professionals have drawn to the stimulating findings in the research field of microbial pigments considering various basic approaches in the related topic like microbial source of pigments, strain improvements, fermentative production, metabolic engineering, and future aspects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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