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Significance of The Study
Significance of The Study
With the continuous economic growth comes the increasing demand for technological
advancements. The wide variety of industries requires the constant search for new and feasible
The demand for pectin, having apparent applications as functional ingredient in food
science, nutrition, cosmetics, and pharmacy, continues to hike with rapid population growth in
the Philippines (May, 1990). As of this writing, the Philippines relies heavily on imported pectin
due to the absence of viable technology to produce it locally. The principal sources of pectin so
far suggested are apple pomace or the refuse from cider and vinegar mills, citrus peels or the
refuse from the production of citric acid and other major citric products, beet pulp or the residue
from beet sugar manufacture, and carrots which can be raised quite cheaply.
So far as is known only the refuse from operations handling apples or citrus fruits have
been used commercially as sources of pectin. Given this, the commercialization of pectin
production from CPHs paves way to economic stability by making it accessible locally and
eradicating the need to import which results to cheaper production costs for the local industries
in the country.
The growing chocolate industry in the Philippines equates to higher number of waste
materials, particulary solid wastes in the form of unutilized CPHs. The processing of this
material as feedstock for pectin production provides means to utilize the waste produced by the
chocolate manufacturing industry. Consequently, it would lessen the amount of residuals for
(LMP) from Cacao (Theobroma Cacao) pod husks in the Philippines. This would cater the
The industrial plant would also be beneficial as it provides additional revenue to the
cacao industry. Aside from these, it supplies additional number of jobs in the Philippines, giving