Soy whey: More than just wastewater from tofu and soy protein isolate industry

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 91, Issue , 2019, Pages 24-32

  Chua, Jian Yong ^a   Liu, Shao Quan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; oy whey valorization; Recovery of nutrients; Zero waste production

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOIDS; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; PROBIOTICS; SEWAGE;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENT; OY WHEY VALORIZATION; PHYSICAL METHODS; SOY PROTEIN ISOLATES; ZERO WASTE;

PROTEINS;

EID: 85068170163     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2019.06.016     Document Type: Review

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