p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.3pt;">This volume brings together cutting-edge research and expert protocols on food and vegetable waste valorization. Chapters cover a diverse range of methods and approaches for extracting bioactive compounds from fruits and vegetables that have traditionally been overlooked/undervalued. Written in the format of the Methods and Protocols in Food Science series, the chapters include an introduction to the respective topic, list necessary materials and reagents, detail well established and validated methods for readily reproducible laboratory protocols and contain notes on how to avoid or solve typical problems. Authoritative and cutting-edge, Fruit and Vegetable Waste Valorization*: Basic Protocols aims to ensure successful results in the further study of this vital *field.