Food industry wastes are many and varied, and include cull fruits and vegetables, sugar cane bagasse, whey, waste animal fats, fruit and vegetable seed pits, citrus peels and pulp, nut shells, fruit and vegetable pumice, and seafood shells, among others. With the exception of whey, sugar cane bagasse, and waste fats and greases, little data is available regarding the quantities of food industry wastes.