Valorizing okara waste into nutritionally rich polysaccharide/protein-extracts for co-encapsulation of β-carotene and ferrous sulphate as a potential approach to tackle micronutrient malnutrition

Colossal amounts of food waste are generated and discarded daily at the expense of financial resources and at a detriment to the environment. One such food waste, okara – a soybean by-product, is valorized in this study by upcycling it into nutritional extracts for micronutrients encapsulation. Micr...

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Main Authors: Sharad Kharel, Archana Gautam, Manish Mahotra, Nasya Martin Theniko, Say Chye Joachim Loo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464621003984