However, these products are not free of microbiological spoilage problems, especially non-

pasteurized single-strength juices. Citrus juices are acidic beverages with high sugar content.
Under these conditions, acid lactic bacteria, molds, and yeasts comprise the typical microbiota
present in citrus juices. The potentiality of rhizopus to utilize orange peels under solid-state
fermentation conditions to produce macerating fluid with high cellulolytic and pectinolytic
activities was confirmed in this work.