Table 3.

Different possibilities of food loss and waste (FLW) management combining the waste hierarchy framework with regulatory issues limiting the use of animal products [40,42] and technical issues allowing the industrial use of recycled vegetable oils [43]. The check symbols and the cross marks highlights whether or not they can be managed in each option described. Background color highlight the management options considered in this work.

Food Loss and Waste Management	Cereals	Roots and Tubers	Sweets	Vegetable Oils	Vegetables	Fruits	Pulses	Meat	Fish and Seafood	Dairy Products	Eggs
Prevention	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Re-use	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	🗶 a	🗶 a	🗶 a	🗶 a
Animal feed	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	🗶 a	🗶 a	🗶 a	🗶 a
Industrial use	🗶	🗶	🗶	✔ b	🗶	🗶	🗶	🗶	🗶	🗶	🗶
AC c	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	🗶 a	🗶 a	🗶 a	🗶 a
AD c	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Thermal treatment c	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Landfill c	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

^a regulatory issues, ^b technical issues, ^c FLW management considered in this work.