Collection and valorization of by-products and wastes from peaches

Peaches (Prunus persica) belong to the Rosaceae family and are categorized as “stone fruits” because their seeds are enclosed in a hard, stone-like endocarp. Peaches are important commodities in terms of global agricultural production (1.5 million ha). Greece is third in EU peach production behind Spain and Italy. Peach is one of the most nutritionally […]

Kick Off meeting

On the 15th of February 2022, the Kick Off meeting of the program “Chitosan-based nanoparticles and films loaded with agrifood by-product extracts for novel food applications” (ChitoFOODs) took place at the Building of the Department of Food Science and Technology of the School of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In the frame of […]