Summary
An article from Food Technology titled "Recovery and Utilization of Chitin and Chitosan in Food Processing Waste Management" by Dietrich Korr. Waste products of the shellfish industry have applications as diet supplements, and in food processing waste management, beverage clarification, and the production of packaging films. Korr discusses the tremendous potential of chitinous polymers for numerous applications and how this potential has received limited recognition despite existing fundamental research.
