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Table 2 Composition of fruit-industrial wastes

From: Agro-industrial wastes and their utilization using solid state fermentation: a review

Fruit-industrial waste

Chemical composition (% w/w)

Cellulose

Hemi-cellulose

Lignin

Ash

Total solids

Moisture

Total carbon

Total nitrogen

References

Potato peel waste

2.2%

–

–

7.7%

–

9.89

1.3%

–

Weshahy and Rao (2012)

Orange peel

9.21%

10.5%

0.84%

3.5%

–

11.86

–

–

Rivas et al. (2008)

Coffee skin

23.77 (g/100 g)

16.68 (g/100 g)

28.58 (g/100 g)

5.36 (g/100 g)

–

–

C/N 14.41

Lina et al. (2014)

Pineapple peel

18.11

–

1.37

 

93.6

91

40.8

0.99

Paepatung et al. (2009)