Evaluation of acetoin production and recovery from under-utilized sugar streams.

Key Points

• This work aims to evaluate acetoin production from under-utilized sugar industry by-products to enhance economic sustainability.
• Analyzed low-value molasses streams for fermentation processes.
• Assessed acetoin production efficiency.
• Explored recovery techniques for acetoin from fermentation outputs.
• Demonstrated successful fermentation of molasses to produce acetoin.
• Identified potential economic benefits for sugarcane and sugar beet industries.
• Highlighted acetoin as a viable platform chemical for future development.

Abstract