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POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF NATURALDEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS IN FOOD INDUSTRY

Many industrial processes use large quantities of volatile, flammable and toxic organic solvents based on unsustainable resources such as oil, resulting in significant environmental and economic impacts. Over the past decade, natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) have become promising alternatives to traditional organic solvents from both environmental and technological perspectives. The choice of a solvent in certain process not only depends on its chemical, and physical properties, but also on its environmental impact (e.g. ecotoxicity and biodegradability), sustainability (possibility of recycle and reuse) and process safety (e.g. flammability and volatility). Therefore, interest for potential application of NADES as solvents and/or supporting medium in different processes has increased significantly, due to their unique physical and chemical properties, and low environmental impact. One of the major attractions of making NADES an alternative to conventional organic solvents lies in the fact that the number of structural combinations encompassed by these solvents is tremendous, thus it is possible to design an optimal one for each specific application. Since the number of possible chemical structures of these solvents is vast NADES are very interesting for use in food industry. Potential use of NADES for extraction of biological active compounds, preparation of ready- touse extracts and use of NADES-based extracts for fortification in food industry will be considered herein.

Food fortification ; Green extraction ; Natural deep eutectic solvents ; Polyphenolic compounds

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