Macrocystis pyrifera in the circular economy: Advances in cultivation, processing, and industrial integration

IF 4.7 2区农林科学 Q2 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Food and Bioproducts Processing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-29 DOI:10.1016/j.fbp.2025.09.020

Mia Gaiero , Jasmin S. Yang , Neill J. Goosen , Juliana M.L.N. de Moura Bell

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Abstract

The escalating pressure on existing production systems due to an increasing world population and limited availability of arable land, compounded by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, has prompted the search for sustainable sources of macro- and micronutrients for use in industrial applications. Macroalgae or seaweeds are macroscopic marine algae that have been traditionally consumed in Asian countries for centuries. Because of their composition, wide availability, and growth-associated environmental benefits (i.e., carbon uptake, support to fishery habitats, and reduced dependence on fresh water, arable land, and fertilizer needs), macroalgae have been highlighted as a potentially sustainable biomass feedstock for the production of a wide range of polysaccharides (i.e., laminarin, fucoidans, alginate), growth hormones, proteins, and phenolic compounds (phlorotannins) which could potentially be used in human nutrition, animal feed, production of bio-stimulants or fertilizers for plant growth, biotherapeutic, cosmetic, and food applications. However, full utilization of macroalgae’s potential relies on the development of bio-guided processing strategies that are able to not only maximize the extractability of the diverse compounds, but also preserve the functional and biological properties of the extracts. This review highlights the use of brown macroalgae, focusing on the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera when possible, as a feedstock to produce added-value compounds. The scope encompasses sea farming, harvesting systems, and downstream processing conditions, with emphasis on innovative attempts to develop structure/function-based extraction methods to produce components with desired properties.

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循环经济中的大囊藻：栽培、加工与产业整合进展

由于世界人口的增加和可耕地的有限，加上大气中二氧化碳浓度的增加，对现有生产系统的压力越来越大，促使人们寻找可持续的宏量和微量营养素来源，以供工业应用。大藻或海藻是一种宏观的海洋藻类，在亚洲国家已经被传统地食用了几个世纪。由于它们的组成、广泛的可获得性和与生长相关的环境效益（即碳吸收、支持渔业生境、减少对淡水、耕地和肥料需求的依赖），大型藻类已被强调为一种潜在的可持续生物质原料，用于生产各种多糖（即层粘胶蛋白、岩藻酸酯、藻酸盐）、生长激素、蛋白质、酚类化合物（苯酞酸）可能用于人类营养、动物饲料、生产生物刺激剂或植物生长肥料、生物治疗、化妆品和食品应用。然而，充分利用巨藻的潜力依赖于生物导向加工策略的发展，这些策略不仅能够最大限度地提高各种化合物的可提取性，而且还能保持提取物的功能和生物学特性。本文重点介绍了大型褐藻的应用，并在可能的情况下重点介绍了巨型海带巨藻（Macrocystis pyrifera）作为生产高附加值化合物的原料。范围包括海洋养殖、收获系统和下游加工条件，重点是创新尝试开发基于结构/功能的提取方法，以生产具有所需性能的组件。

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Food and Bioproducts Processing 工程技术-工程：化工

CiteScore

9.70

自引率

4.30%

发文量

115

审稿时长

24 days

期刊介绍： Official Journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part C FBP aims to be the principal international journal for publication of high quality, original papers in the branches of engineering and science dedicated to the safe processing of biological products. It is the only journal to exploit the synergy between biotechnology, bioprocessing and food engineering. Papers showing how research results can be used in engineering design, and accounts of experimental or theoretical research work bringing new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating directions for future research, are particularly welcome. Contributions that deal with new developments in equipment or processes and that can be given quantitative expression are encouraged. The journal is especially interested in papers that extend the boundaries of food and bioproducts processing. The journal has a strong emphasis on the interface between engineering and food or bioproducts. Papers that are not likely to be published are those: • Primarily concerned with food formulation • That use experimental design techniques to obtain response surfaces but gain little insight from them • That are empirical and ignore established mechanistic models, e.g., empirical drying curves • That are primarily concerned about sensory evaluation and colour • Concern the extraction, encapsulation and/or antioxidant activity of a specific biological material without providing insight that could be applied to a similar but different material, • Containing only chemical analyses of biological materials.