Recovery of nutrients and valuable compounds from water streams

Problem addressed

During production processes, part of the nutrients, salts, and bioactive compounds are lost in wastewater streams. This represents a double challenge: environmental impact and the loss of resources that could otherwise be recovered and valorised.

What we do and how we do it

• We analyse water streams to identify recoverable compounds.
• We develop separation and concentration processes tailored to the food sector.
• We validate membrane, adsorption, and selective precipitation technologies.
• We assess scalability for integration into industrial plants.
• We evaluate the economic and environmental viability of the proposed solutions.

Key benefits

• Recovery of valuable components (nutrients, proteins, salts, bioactive compounds).
• Reduced pollutant load in effluents.
• More efficient resource use in line with circular economy principles.
• Improved sustainability and competitiveness of the industry.