Utilization of waste from Tropical Fruits

Introduction:

      Tropical fruits grow on trees native to the tropical, which are a rich source of many vitamins phytochemicals and minerals, and eating a diet rich in these fruits many protect us form a number of serious diseases such as cancer, heat disease ,obesity, diabetes etc.

tropical fruits are used for juice extraction, preparation of James, jellies and canned products ,and the unused part is then discarded as waste. The waste in the fruits processing industry can be defined as the end-products of various process, which is discarded as such and not used for any other purposes

fruits processing waste is polluting the environment and generation of this waste is unbalancing the ecological system.

Pineapple:

        pineapple belongs to the family Bromeliaceous and is commonly used for extraction of juices, concentrates, preparation of jams, jellies, and canned products, throughout the world. Pineapples can be preserved after freezing. Approximately 40-80% pineapples is wasted. Major by-products rom the pineapples juices are shown in figure below

Pineapple wastes consists of high amounts of reducing sugar, cellulose protein and lignin content .It could be utilized for the production of value additive products, which may be used for the fortification of food.

These are following value additive products are formed from pineapples:

1)Bioethanol

2)Biogas

3)Bromelain

4)Cellulase

5)citric acid

6)Extruded products

7)James

8)lactic acid

9)Animal Feed