Food processing by-products as sources of hydrophilic carbon and nitrogen for sophorolipid production

Sustainability of Bioenergy – Mapping the Risks & Benefits to Inform Future Bioenergy Systems

“…There are many factors that will influence the sustainable limits of resource availability [63], common trends include the spatial distribution of the resources, its bulk density that will influence transport techno-economics, the distances and available infrastructure connecting resources, processing sites and end use [64]. There are also further barriers that prevent/slow the development of supply chains including the capital burden of starting new production lines and infrastructure.…”

Carbon and nitrogen optimization in solid-state fermentation for sustainable sophorolipid production using industrial waste

“…When this source is a triglyceride, it is first converted into fatty acids by enzymes such as aldehyde dehydrogenase or long-chain alcohol oxidase, and then, they are used for SL biosynthesis, typically composed of a fatty acid chain with approximately 16-18 carbon atoms (Intasit and Soontorngun, 2023). In addition, nitrogen is an essential source that needs to be well-balanced to allow growth and reach the stationary growth phase for an optimal process (Albrecht et al, 1996;Wongsirichot et al, 2022). In recent times, there has been a concerted effort to reduce production costs and enhance the economic competitiveness of SLs.…”

“…In recent times, there has been a concerted effort to reduce production costs and enhance the economic competitiveness of SLs. To achieve this objective, significant attention has been directed toward the utilization of alternative feedstocks, non-food competition, and the revalorization of food waste (Jiménez-Peñalver et al, 2019;Kaur et al, 2019;Wongsirichot et al, 2022).…”