Abstract

A REVIEW ON APPLICATIONS OF BIOSURFACTANTS PRODUCED FROM UNCONVENTIONAL INEXPENSIVE WASTES IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY

Harjot Pal Kaur*, Bhairav Prasad and Sukhvir Kaur

Abstract

Biosurfactants can serve as green alternative in different areas due to their ecological acceptance as they are biodegradable and nontoxic. Nowadays biosurfactants are predominantly used in pharmaceutical, oil industry, and for the bioremediation of pollutants. Apart from these, biosurfactants also show potential applications in many sectors of food industry and agriculture. Allied with emulsion forming and breaking, antiadhesive, functional ingredient, are some properties that can be exploited in agro-food biotechnology. Potential role of biosurfactants in food and agricultural sectors as well as present concern of lowering the production cost of biosurfactants by using the unconventional wastes as substrate is discussed in this article.

Keywords: Biosurfactant, Unconventional wastes, Food applications, Emulsifiers, Antiadhesive.