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Abstract : Various types of expired food and food waste contain essential fibers, amino acids, bioactive compounds, and essential oils, presenting an opportunity for transformation into valuable products across industries. It delves into the extraction processes of value-added products from expired food or food waste, particularly fibers, proteins, bioactive compounds, and aromatic compounds. This chapter begins with an overview of food waste and different food waste with other compounds. Next, three major stages of valorization, including pre-treatment, extraction techniques and stabilization techniques are examined in detail. The final section shows examples of bioactive compounds that can be extracted from fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) followed by two case studies that illustrate the successful valorization of FVW into bioactive products.