The largest citrus fruit is the Pomelo (Citrus grandis Osbeck) and as a result the peels generate a significant amount of waste.
In fact, the peel accounts for approximately 30% of the waste of the pomelo.
In this paper we describe how to utilize the pomelo peel to recover phytochemicals from the peel as they contain phytochemicals, including aroma-active volatiles, pectin, flavonoids, phenolic acids, carotenoids, coumarins, and polysaccharides.
In this review we suggest that the pomelo peel is not waste but rather an untapped resource that has the potential to benefit the food industry and human health.
The peel of the pomelo has the potential to provide compounds that can benefit high cholesterol, high blood sugar, anti-microbial properties, anti-inflammatory properties and anti-cancer properties.
This paper was published in Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety and with the title “Valorization of pomelo (Citrus grandis Osbeck) peel: A review of current utilization, phytochemistry, bioactivities, and mechanisms of action”
You can access it here https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33337092/
