Chapter 31. Value Addition to Seafood Processing Discards
- Associate Professor Cesarettin Alasalvar3,
- Professor Fereidoon Shahidi4,
- Professor Kazuo Miyashita5,
- Dr Udaya Wanasundara6
Published Online: 2 SEP 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444325546.ch31
Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title

Handbook of Seafood Quality, Safety and Health Applications
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How to Cite
Nakkarike, S. M., Narayan, B., Hosokawa, M. and Miyashita, K. (2010) Value Addition to Seafood Processing Discards, in Handbook of Seafood Quality, Safety and Health Applications (eds C. Alasalvar, F. Shahidi, K. Miyashita and U. Wanasundara), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444325546.ch31
Editor Information
- 3
TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Centre, Food Institute, Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey
- 4
Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
- 5
Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan
- 6
POS Pilot Plant Corporation, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Publication History
- Published Online: 2 SEP 2010
- Published Print: 1 OCT 2010
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405180702
Online ISBN: 9781444325546
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Keywords:
- value addition to seafood processing discards;
- fish processing operations, large quantities of discards - form of inedible byproducts;
- polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) rich lipids;
- enzymes from seafood discards;
- enzymes from marine resources - having various industrial applications;
- fish protein hydrolysate, prepared from cheap pelagic fish - by-products from filleting industry, catch from trawlers and fish processing discards;
- collagen and gelatin from fish discards;
- denaturation of collagen - yielding gelatin;
- carotenoids from crustacean discards;
- judicious waste management technique - criterion for food processing industry's success
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Enzymes from seafood discards
Protein hydrolysate and bioactive peptides from seafood discards
Collagen and gelatin from fish discards
Chitin and chitosan from crustacean discards
Carotenoids from crustacean discards
Conclusions
References
