Papaya seeds: a sustainable by-product of excellence of natural compounds with beneficial effects for health

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, C.S.B.
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Ferreira da Vinha, Ana, Oliveira, M.B.P.P.
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10284/9832
• topic: Papaya seeds; By-product; Natural compounds; Health; Economic potential

Consumption of tropical fruits has been increasing in international markets due to their nutritional and organoleptic properties. However, during the fruit production, a high generation of by-products such as skin, seeds and non-edible pulp are obtained. Disposal of these by products represents a serious problem related to waste handling, environmental considerations, legal restrictions and economical limitations. Currently, an alternative to decrease this problem is to use these by-products in the design and development of functional foods or nutraceutical ingredients. Despite this, many countries such as USA, Australia and European Union do not use the papaya by-products [3]. According to some authors, 6.51% of seeds, 8.47% of skin and 32% of unusable pulp are produced during papaya processing.