{"id":12622,"date":"2020-06-02T07:59:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T04:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=12622"},"modified":"2020-06-01T21:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:32:58","slug":"us-researchers-turn-waste-bread-into-added-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/us-researchers-turn-waste-bread-into-added-value\/","title":{"rendered":"US researchers turn waste bread into added-value"},"content":{"rendered":"

US researchers have developed a bioprocess that converts glucose from bread waste into value-added products, such as ascorbic acid (vitamin c). Working within the USDA\u2019s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Centre, the team has found a way to use Pseudomonas reptilivora bacteria, ensuring the adage \u201cone man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure\u201d remains true. It is estimated that 12.5 million tons of bread \u2013 including rolls, croissants and other baked goods \u2013 go uneaten worldwide each year. While a portion of this bread waste provides livestock with a source of carbohydrate and protein, the remainder can pose a disposal problem.<\/p>\n

Now, team members have devised fermentation procedures that encourage the bacteria to consume the glucose in bread waste and convert it into 2-keto-D-gluconic acid (2KGA). According to research chemist and team member Badal Saha, 2KGA is a so-called \u2018platform chemical\u2019 that helps synthesise bulk quantities of ascorbic acid and other substances with wide-ranging food and industrial applications.<\/p>\n

It can also be used as a detergent builder, cement plasticiser and precursor chemical for herbicide compounds. The team\u2019s findings \u2013 reported in Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery in March 2020 \u2013 form part of the ARS\u2019 overarching aim to develop new, value-added uses for agricultural commodities, especially if they can ease the reliance on raw materials made from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

Source: Food Bev<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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