It was reported that pectin to be about 13% on a dry basis-weight basis. Good quality pectin could be used in the manufacture of jam, jellies, marmalades and various pharmaceutical products.
Mango peel also contain a mixture of 5-(12-cis-hepta decenyl) and 5-pentadecyl resorcinol from mango peel and it could act as an agent against Alternaria alternata, a fungus responsible for black spot disease in mango fruit.
In the mango canning industry 25-30% of the fruit is lost in the form of peeling. These peelings are fermented into fruit vinegar. Mango peel juice and waste can be used as a molasses for cattle and also for fermentation into alcohol etc.
The dried peel meal can be incorporated in cattle feed. Mango peel is also suitable as a supplement in fish feed.
The peel and pulp portion left over after juice extraction was utilized to manufacture juice, nectar, etc, by pectin enzyme treatment.
The uses of mango peel
