Handbook of Coffee Processing By-Products: Sustainable Applications presents alternative and sustainable solutions for coffee processing by-products and specifies their industrial potential, both as a source for the recovery of bioactive compounds and their reutilization in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, food, biotechnology, and cosmetic industries, also covering environmental and agronomic applications.

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors
• Preface
• State of the art in coffee processing by-products
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Coffee processing
• 1.3 Coffee by-products composition and potential applications
• 1.4 Legislative frameworks and policy recommendations
• 1.5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Healthy components of coffee processing by-products
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Background on antioxidants
• 2.3 Conclusions
• References
• Further reading
• The biorefinery concept for the industrial valorization of coffee processing by-products
• 3.1 Coffee
• 3.2 Coffee processing
• 3.3 Coffee processing by-products
• 3.4 Characterization of coffee processing by-products
• 3.5 Possibilities of integral valorization of coffee processing by-products
• 3.6 Products obtained from coffee processing by-products
• 3.7 Biorefineries obtain bioproducts and biofuels from SCG and CCS: case study
• 3.8 Conclusions
• Acknowledgment
• References
• Further reading
• Extraction and formulation of bioactive compounds
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Recovery of bioactive constituents of coffee by-products
• 4.3 Formulation and design of coffee processing by-products bioactives
• 4.4 Patented and potential applications of recovered bioactives
• 4.5 Conclusions
• References
• Further reading
• Emerging technologies for the recovery of valuable compounds from coffee processing by-products
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Separation technologies
• 5.3 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Applications of recovered compounds in food products
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Coffee by-products as high value-added sustainable food ingredients
• 6.3 Applications in sustainable and health-promoting beverages
• 6.4 Applications in sustainable and healthier foods
• 6.5 Future research
• 6.6 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Further reading
• Applications of recovered bioactive compounds in cosmetics and other products
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Active compounds of coffee processing by-products of interest for cosmetic proposes
• 7.3 Possible cosmetic application of coffee by-products
• 7.4 Future perspectives
• 7.5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Biotechnological applications of coffee processing by-products
• 8.1 Coffee and its by-products
• 8.2 Coffee by-products with potential uses in fermentation biotechnology
• 8.3 Production of bioethanol
• 8.4 Production of aromatic volatile compounds, acids, carotenoids, and polyhydroxyalkanoates
• 8.5 Mushroom cultivation on coffee by-products
• 8.6 Enzymes production from coffee by-products as substrates
• 8.7 Conclusions
• References
• Environmental applications of coffee processing by-products
• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 The use of coffee-processing residues as biosorbents for pollutants removal from aqueous solution
• 9.3 Elaboration of char from coffee processing residues for wastewater treatment
• 9.4 Synthesis, characterization and applications of activated carbons
• 9.5 Catalyst preparation for pollutants oxidation (decomposition)
• 9.6 Conclusions
• References
• The potential of pyrolysing exhausted coffee residue for the production of biochar
• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Brief description of biomass conversion into biochar by pyrolysis
• 10.3 Biochar characterization
• 10.4 Exhausted coffee residue and its reuse as an energy source
• 10.5 Pyrolysis for the production of biochar from exhausted coffee residue
• 10.6 Thermochemical properties of exhausted coffee residue and its resulting biochar
• 10.7 The potential for agricultural and fabric applications of biochar derived from exhausted coffee residue
• 10.8 Conclusions
• References
• Further Reading
• Energy applications of coffee processing by-products
• 11.1 Introduction
• 11.2 Conclusions
• References
• Further Reading
• Vermicompost derived from spent coffee grounds: assessing the potential for enzymatic bioremediation
• 12.1 Introduction
• 12.2 Multiple applications of spent coffee grounds: an overview
• 12.3 Environmental applications of spent coffee grounds
• 12.4 Vermicomposted spent coffee grounds: an environmentally safe value-added product
• 12.5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Further reading