![]() In this context, for the development of new products or food formulations, a nutritious meal was developed from custard apple bagasse, evaluating the physicochemical properties, proximate composition, mineral analysis, total phenolic content, and antioxidant activity. In this way, the development of new products or food formulations through the incorporation of these residues becomes an alternative to minimize losses during the processing of fruits. Mostly, fruits that do not reach commercial standards, as well as after treatment residues, present similar or higher contents of bioactive compounds in relation to the final product. Recently, mitigating measures aimed at reducing fruit waste and reuse of by-products throughout production are reported in the literature. In addition, the literature reports that about 30% to 40% of fruits harvested do not reach the best standards, being marketed at lower prices. Due to its high moisture content, it becomes extremely perishable, especially in regions with high temperature, associated with absence or inadequate postharvest management and microbial infection, constituting a negative factor in its conservation. One of the bottlenecks in custard apple production is the high postharvest metabolic activity, accelerating the maturation process over a limited period of time, and limiting fruit shelf life. īrazil is the second largest producer of custard apple in the world, after only Mexico (Seagri 2015), especially semiarid region of the Northeast, which owns 94% of the area under cultivation in Brazil, with the characteristic feature of family farming. Furthermore, this plant has proved that it has a variety of compounds like acetogenins which are responsible for antifeedant, antimalarial, cytotoxic, and immunosuppressive activities and diterpenes isolated from the title plant have anti-HIV principle and antiplatelet aggregation activity. The health related components of the fruit include vitamins A, B, C, E, and K1, antioxidants, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and the presence of essential minerals. The fruit of the tree is widely known and consumed due to its medicinal and nutritional properties, as well as its pleasant flavor. The expansion of custard apple consumption is related to the medicinal and nutritional properties, as well as its pleasant flavor. ) belongs to the Annonaceae family, with about 129 genus and more than 2000 species, being a fructiferous found in tropical and subtropical regions, adapted to the climatic conditions of China, Africa, South America, Australia, India, Mexico, the United States, and Thailand. Allied to this fact, the fruit processing industry deals with a large percentage of by-products, such as peel, seeds, and bagasse, which increase the proportion of residues at the end of processing. According to a recent survey by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), about 1.3 billion tons of foods are wasted worldwide each year, which accounts for one-third of total food industry production. The production, commercialization, and consumption of tropical fruits have increased significantly in the international market due to their sensory, nutritional, and therapeutic properties however, the food industry generates high amount of residues from these fruits. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ![]()
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