Economic valuation of food by-products: Biorefinery and New bio-based products
We obtain commercial value compounds from food by-products for use in food, for their use as bioenergy or biomaterial.
We offer developments, strategies and processes to obtain commercial value compounds or increased economic-environmental value of products, compounds, substances or molecules based on underused food fractions (surplus, losses and waste, discards, by-products and co-products) for their use as an ingredient, additive, raw material or intermediate material in food for humans, animal feed, bio-energies or bio-materials.
To do so, we offer:
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Preparation of integral operating plans
Design and dimensioning of the storage, collection, transport and logistics systems. Advanced by-product treatment / processing for its economic valuation. Technical and economic study of the most profitable scenarios and circular economy in the short and/or long term.
Feasible extraction of bio-based products
Obtaining of high value-added products for health (high value compounds, functional ingredients, etc.) based on by-products. Design of biorefinery processes. Obtaining high value-added products through bio-conversion. Pre-industrial validation of products and obtaining processes.
Food waste reduction
Development and application of solutions to take advantage of food waste in all of the stages of the food chain.
| PROJECT | BY-PRODUCT VALORIZED | NEW PRODUCT / SOLUTION OBTAINED |
| WASEABI | Seafood side-streams | • Bioactive peptides for nutraceutical, food and feed applications • Protein-based food ingredients • Savoury ingredients and mineral supplements for food and feed |
| ECOFFEED | Coffee by-products | • Animal feed ingredient. |
| SEA2LAND | Fisheries wastes | • Bio-based fertilizers |
| CLEANFEED | Vegetal mix wastes mainly from markets and supermarkets | • Safe animal feed meal • Validated system to separate plastic form organic fraction |
| VALORLACT | Whey generated by the dairy industry | • Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC-35) • Biogas • A whey drink with orange juice • A sliceable cheese analogue • Cheese-flavoured sauce for salads and meat dishes. • Soluble chocolate flavoured powder to be dissolved in water or milk |
| PROVALUE | Food by-products | • Data Base of agrifood waste recovery technologies • Animal feed • Isoflavones |
| DISCARDLESS | Fish discards | • Guide for the selection of valorisation options of by-catches • Fish meal • Fish hydrolyzed protein |
| NAMASTE | Vegetal by-product | • Several snacks from citrus by-products • A citrus-based monodose beverage • Two citrus paste-based filled bakery products • A bakery product based on pre-fermented wheat bran • Two citrus-based instant desserts • Citrus fibre |
| SUMO | Olive oil by-products | • Poliphenols rich extract • Biogas |
| GISWASTE | All food by-products | • GIS based decision making tool for best by-products valorisation alternatives |
| FISH recovery | Fish by-products from retail | • New retro-logistics system to reduce valorization costs |
| BREWERY | Brewery by-products | • Aquaculture feed |
| HARTIZBIDE | Expired juices Vegetal mix by-product Brewer spent grain | • Microalgae rich in fatty acids • Protein-rich fungi |
| ALGABERRI | Microalgae | • New ingredients and active compounds |
