Valorization of Carrot Pomace into Mycelium-Based Paper for Packaging Applications
S. Najmeh Mousavi, Naba Kumar Kalita, Sunil Kumar Lindstrom Ramamoorthy, Minna Hakkarainen, Akram Zamani · 2026
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Najmeh Mousavi and four co-authors turn carrot waste into paper, in a 2026 study. Carrot pomace, the pulp left after juicing, is cheap and plentiful. The team grew two fungi on the pomace in tanks, then pressed the harvested mix of fungal threads and pulp into sheets by a wet-laid process like papermaking.
Under the microscope, one fungus formed a tighter web of finer threads, and its paper came out stronger. A glycerol soak made both papers far more flexible, stretching much further before tearing, at some cost to strength. The treated sheets bent and wrapped like ordinary wrapping paper, and their traits sat near those of commercial papers on standard charts. The authors present the work as a model for turning food waste into packaging through small fungal factories.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | S. Najmeh Mousavi, Naba Kumar Kalita, Sunil Kumar Lindstrom Ramamoorthy, Minna Hakkarainen, Akram Zamani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |