TY - JOUR
T1 - Valorisation strategies for cocoa pod husk and its fractions
AU - Lu, Fei
AU - Rodriguez-Garcia, Julia
AU - Van Damme, Isabella
AU - Westwood, Nicholas J.
AU - Shaw, Liz
AU - Robinson, James S.
AU - Warren, Geoff
AU - Chatzifragkou, Afroditi
AU - McQueen Mason, Simon
AU - Gomez, Leonardo
AU - Faas, Laura
AU - Balcombe, Kelvin
AU - Srinivasan, Chittur
AU - Picchioni, Fiorella
AU - Hadley, Paul
AU - Charalampopoulos, Dimitris
N1 - The authors would like to acknowledge the Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Mars Wrigley Confectionery for their financial support on a collaborative Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) project entitled ‘‘Development of novel value chain from cocoa pod husks in Indonesia: Technological, environmental and socio-economic challenges of a value chain” (BB/P022995/1).
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Cocoa pod husk (CPH) is the main by-product (ca. 70-75% weight of whole fruit) of the cocoa harvest, an important and economic crop in developing countries. It is a rich source of minerals (particularly potassium), fibre (including lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin) and antioxidants (e.g. phenolic acids). An existing practise is the return of CPH to soil with potential benefits (or disadvantages) for cocoa productivity and soil sustainability that have not been fully characterised. Currently, alternative low-value applications of CPH include its use as animal feed, as a starting material for soap making and activated carbon. Other biotechnological valorisation potentials for CPH and its fractions include the production of bio-fuels and their incorporation in food systems. Physical, chemical or biological pre-treatment approaches are needed in order to achieve desirable fractions in a cost-effective and sustainable manner for novel applications in food and non-food sectors.
AB - Cocoa pod husk (CPH) is the main by-product (ca. 70-75% weight of whole fruit) of the cocoa harvest, an important and economic crop in developing countries. It is a rich source of minerals (particularly potassium), fibre (including lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin) and antioxidants (e.g. phenolic acids). An existing practise is the return of CPH to soil with potential benefits (or disadvantages) for cocoa productivity and soil sustainability that have not been fully characterised. Currently, alternative low-value applications of CPH include its use as animal feed, as a starting material for soap making and activated carbon. Other biotechnological valorisation potentials for CPH and its fractions include the production of bio-fuels and their incorporation in food systems. Physical, chemical or biological pre-treatment approaches are needed in order to achieve desirable fractions in a cost-effective and sustainable manner for novel applications in food and non-food sectors.
KW - Cocoa pod husk
KW - Valorisation
KW - Extraction
KW - Pre-treatment
U2 - 10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.07.007
M3 - Review article
SN - 2452-2236
VL - 14
SP - 80
EP - 88
JO - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
JF - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
ER -