Valorisation of food waste in biotechnological processes

Sustainable Chemical Processes

Table 2 Products obtainable from microalgal biomass and food waste components after chemical or microbial conversion

Feedstock	Treatment	Product	Ref.
Polyunsaturated fatty acids	Methanolysis, epoxidation, and acylation	Plasticiser	[38, 39]
Polyunsaturated fatty acids	Methoxylation, or epoxidation/acrylation	Polyurethane dispersions	[39, 40]
Starch	Hydrolysis and hydrogenation	Polyols	[41]
Starch	Hydrolysis and microbial conversion	Succinic and lactic acids, polyhydroxyalkanoates	[18, 28, 29, 43]
Sugars and fatty acids	Microbial formation of sophorolipid	Bio-surfactants	[44]
Proteins	Hydrolysis	Fermentation feedstock	[42]