Cocoa bean shells is one of the main by-products of the cocoa roasting process, which represents 20% of total weight after the husking and grinding1. Find new recovery/recycling strategies for this by-product, complies with the Horizon 2020 call related with waste reduction and by-products valorisation2. The aim of this work was to establish an easily applicable extraction method that allowed an efficient recovery of polyphenols from the cocoa by-product and evaluate the antioxidant activity of the extracts potentially useful as food additives.
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT EXTRACTION SOLVENTS ON THE RECOVERY OF POLYPHENOLS FROM COCOA BEAN SHELLS AND EVALUATION OF THE FREE RADICAL-SCAVENGING ACTIVITY.
BARBOSA PEREIRA, Letricia;GHIRARDELLO, Daniela;BELVISO, Simona;GIORDANO, Manuela;BERTOLINO, Marta;GUGLIELMETTI, ALESSANDRO;ZEPPA, Giuseppe
2015-01-01
Abstract
Cocoa bean shells is one of the main by-products of the cocoa roasting process, which represents 20% of total weight after the husking and grinding1. Find new recovery/recycling strategies for this by-product, complies with the Horizon 2020 call related with waste reduction and by-products valorisation2. The aim of this work was to establish an easily applicable extraction method that allowed an efficient recovery of polyphenols from the cocoa by-product and evaluate the antioxidant activity of the extracts potentially useful as food additives.
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