This new book presents the most recent research progress, innovations, and applications in the agro-food processing industry for enhancing sustainable agriculture and food production. It focuses on the challenges of implementing sustainability in different contexts of biodiversity and ecosystems for shaping the future engineering in the agro-food processing industry.

The chapters in this research-oriented book address the sustainable applications of renewable and nonrenewable resources. It also provides a practical multidisciplinary overview of solutions to help achieve sustainable production.

The book highlights the engineering advancements and processing solutions for agricultural and food engineering and discusses the handling of agro-industrial waste and biorefineries, developing bioactive compounds from agro-industrial waste, using sustainable technologies for resource recovery from waste, employing spray drying in food processing, developing healthy and sustainable replacements for saturated and hydrogenated fats, and creating and enhancing healthy foods for the future.

Key features:

Addresses different aspects of agro-food processing levels of the food chain Suggests practical solutions for the food industry to control and reduce environmental impact Provides ideas to reduce the environmental footprint and secure our future through biodiversity

This new volume, Sustainable Engineering and Agro-Food Processing: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources, is designed to provide a balanced overview of agro-processing methods from the basic concepts to informative case studies related to agro-processing and food engineering.