New Use for Passion Fruit Seeds Discovered

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 12:51 in Mathematics & Economics

The passion fruit is used around the world in juices, salads, syrups and even ice cream. A team of researchers from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil have discovered that the passion fruit seed oils, which are typically discarded in production, are a good source of nutrients and might be able to be used as edible oils in functional foods. Their findings are detailed in a recent study in the Journal of Food Science study, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

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