was already solubilized without any sophisticated pretreatment. Solubilization of starch and proteins, however, did not eventually lead to a release of glucose and FAN, as only little amounts of both compounds were found in supernatants (Table 2, Fig. 1B and C). Nevertheless, 0.1–0.2 g of phosphate was released from 76 g Food Waste A, corresponding to around 50% of the amount found after fungal fermentation (Table 2, Fig. 1D), and probably originating from salts added to enhance food characteristics. Generally, the amounts of glucose, FAN and phosphate were statistically different to those found in hydrolysate obtained after hydrolytic treatment