Developing Case Studies for Undergraduates: Valorization of Fruit and Vegetable By products for New Product Development

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimated that one-third of the edible food produced for human consumption is wasted each year, equating to almost 1.3 billion metric tons. In developing and industrialized countries, food losses and waste cost $310 billion and roughly $680 billion each year, respectively. Fruit and vegetable processing industries...