Author(s):
Silva, Soraia P. ; Gonzalez, Abigail ; Roupar, Dalila ; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira ; Bastos, Rita ; Mota, Mariana ; Luís, Maria H. ; Ferreira, Sónia S. ; Alegria, Maria J. ; Nobre, Clarisse ; Coimbra, Manuel A. ; Coelho, Elisabete
Date: 2025
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/96035
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Project/scholarship:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F50006%2F2020/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F50006%2F2020/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04469%2F2020/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POR_CENTRO/SFRH%2FBD%2F136471%2F2018/PT;
Description
Soluble polysaccharides and oligosaccharides are prebiotic compounds that promote the growth of beneficial gut bacteria and contribute to improved health. Industrial juice production results in juices with moderate amounts of soluble dietary fibre because most polysaccharides that constitute the dietary fibre are retained in the pulp. Incorporation of glucanases and pectinases into the juice production process can therefore enrich the juice with soluble fibre and possible prebiotic effects. In lignified by-product materials, more drastic strategies need to be used to recover polysaccharides and oligosaccharides with prebiotic activity. Pine nut skin, a by-product obtained during pine nut processing, is a source of insoluble dietary fiber.
This work was funded by VIIAFOOD-1.2.2. FFV Fruit Fractioning and Valorization from PRR (Programa de Recuperação a Resiliencia). Authors acknowledge the FCT financial support through LAQV/REQUIMTE (1054499/UIDB/50006/2020, 10.54499/UIDP/50006/2020, and 10.54499/LA/P/0008/2020), and through UIDB/04469/2020 unit and LA/P/0029/2020 within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement, thank FCT/MCTES for PHD grants (SFRH/BD/136471/2018, SFRH/BD/06268/2021, and SFRH/DB/139884/2018), and Elisabete Coelho thanks FCT for the research contract through program DL 57/2016 - Norma transitoria [DL57/2016/CP1482/CT0038) and for the Assistant Research Contract (2023.08855. CEECIND/CP2840/CT0027, https://dol.org/10.54499/2023:08855.CEECIND/CP2840/CT0027.
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