Utilization of Pectin in the Food and Drug Industries

• Autres auteurs: Ahmed, Maruf (Éditeur intellectuel)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: IntechOpen 2023
• Sujets: Biochemistry; secondary metabolites; functional properties; isolation; agricultural waste; industrial applications
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Pectin is mostly obtained from apple pomace and citrus peels and is used to influence the textural attributes of cooked gari and fufu dough. There are a number of other underutilized sources of pectin; it can be extracted and processed from a variety of agro-industrial byproducts, including pulps, h...