GRAPE WASTE

BY MONICA DOBIEWINE production waste - or pomace - the seeds, skin and stems of crushed grapes, could be commercially developed as a natural inhibitor against several types of bacteria, a new study has claimed. Research by Turkish academics published in the UK-based Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, showed that pomace has high concentrations of antioxidants which, when mixed with methanol in concentrations ranging from 0.5% to 20%, prevented the growth of 14 types of bacteria including E-coli, salmonella, staphylococcus aureus and enterobacter ...


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